Usually means: Initiate action, start the process.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. set the ball rolling: Merriam-Webster
  2. set the ball rolling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. set the ball rolling: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. set the ball rolling: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set the ball rolling: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set the ball rolling: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set the ball rolling: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set the ball rolling: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (set the ball rolling)

verb:  Synonym of get the ball rolling.

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