Usually means: Initiate process to achieve goal.
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  1. set the wheels in motion: Merriam-Webster
  2. set the wheels in motion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. set the wheels in motion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. set the wheels in motion: Wiktionary

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  1. set the wheels in motion: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (set the wheels in motion)

verb:  (idiomatic) to initiate a chain of events necessary to help one achieve a goal (more quickly)

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