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To travel in a straight line, ignoring established paths of travel.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To successfully enter a profession or business.
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(idiomatic) To start to get to know people to avoid social awkwardness and formality.
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To start talking in a conversation after a period where nobody speaks.
n
An act of catching up or attempting to catch up.
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(transitive, idiomatic) Involuntarily involved in a situation.
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Alternative form of jump on the bandwagon. [(idiomatic) To profit from a craze; to join a trend.]
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(military) To enter the scene of conflict quickly and aggressively.
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To have some success; to succeed.
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(intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, UK) To get one's period, start menstruating.
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(idiomatic, by extension) To finish; to regard something as complete.
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(idiomatic) To oppose someone's plans.
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(idiomatic) To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences.
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(transitive, journalism) To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.
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To induce (a reticent person) to speak.
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(idiomatic, often figuratively) To delimit a boundary or border.
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(programming) To report immediately any condition likely to cause a failure, rather than attempting to continue.
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To proceed straight ahead; to continue forward.
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(of a clock or watch) To run fast.
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(intransitive) To begin (doing something or to do something).
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(informal) To start early, especially before something begins or before others begin; to get a head start.
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(idiomatic) To get a boost or a lift.
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(informal, idiomatic) To hurry up, to get moving.
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(US, usually in the negative) To break into or participate in a conversation.
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To eventually begin or return to some task.
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To begin working on or dealing with.
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(idiomatic) Start working, usually in opposition to idleness.
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(informal) To get started; to get busy.
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(idiomatic) To commit oneself to a task or activity that is employment-related or that requires serious effort or concentration.
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(transitive) To cause someone to talk passionately without interruption.
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(intransitive) To enter a place; to gain access.
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(informal) To become involved in something.
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(idiomatic) To make a substantial effort, especially in cooperation with others in a group; to perform one's share of work; to show initiative.
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Alternative form of get in the boat and row [(idiomatic) To make a substantial effort, especially in cooperation with others in a group; to perform one's share of work; to show initiative.]
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To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity).
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(idiomatic) To start hurrying to undertake a task.
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Alternative form of start off on the right foot
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Alternative form of start off on the wrong foot. [(This entry is a translation hub.) To begin badly; see on the wrong foot and start off.]
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(intransitive) To become old.
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(simile) To immediately start a good relationship with someone.
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To progress to; to start working on.
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(transitive) To proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption.
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(US, idiomatic) To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.
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Alternative form of get one's ass in gear [(US, idiomatic) To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.]
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To make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Get busy with; become occupied with; become immersed in.
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(US, idiomatic, informal) To work productively toward the objective of a shared enterprise, especially after the objective or the environment has changed.
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To proceed with; to begin.
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To resume something previously cancelled or delayed; to continue something despite known concerns.
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To move oneself forward or onward
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To get involved in; to investigate or explore.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To make progress or achieve success.
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To go according to plan.
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To begin performing some task or work.
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(transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
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(idiomatic) To face a difficult task or challenge.
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(informal, usually imperative) To start performing; start playing a song, etc.
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(figuratively) to reach a full level of efficiency, competence, comfort, etc.; to get going
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(Canada, US, idiomatic) To commit to an aspirational goal or course of action that will lead to fulfillment.
n
The act or process of going in.
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(idiomatic) To profit from a craze; to join a trend.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.
n
(also figuratively) A military encounter, especially against (often greatly) superior odds, generally as a last resort, whether to save another army or city, or as a last act of defiance, and often resulting in the total annihilation of the weaker force.
v
(figuratively) To proactively take charge of a situation; to be bold in exerting one's will in a situation.
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to begin doing something or become active suddenly and very quickly.
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(imperative) To get busy; start acting or moving.
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(idiomatic) To debut, to bow.
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(idiomatic) To move forward, usually toward a destination or goal, physically or conceptually.
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(figuratively, by extension) to go on to something else
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(transitive) To come closer to, as if to catch or hunt.
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(UK, New Zealand, Australia, reflexive) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).
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To begin moving or working faster.
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To continue doing something difficult or unsuccessful; to continue without regard for resistance.
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(informal) To persist or continue, as with an effort.
adj
Coming into view suddenly from a concealed position.
v
To force a conversation or situation to continue after an awkward interruption.
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(Philippines, figuratively, especially with to or with) To continue or proceed
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(idiomatic) To move forward, progress steadily.
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(transitive, UK) To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening.
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(idiomatic) To exploit an exceptional success.
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(informal) To turn up at a place or function spontaneously or unexpectedly, without notice or prior warning.
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(idiomatic) To demonstrate superiority, or greater skill than another person, team or group of people.
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simple past tense of see through
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(colloquial euphemistic) To be rid of.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To constitute ample supply for one for.
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To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
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(transitive) To originate; to put into action.
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(intransitive) To show sudden interest or surprise.
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(intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
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Alternative form of start a hare [(UK, dated) Introduce a conversational topic.]
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(chiefly US, idiomatic) To initiate action; to assume or take a responsibility.
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(intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
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To continue working on something that someone else started, especially when one does so efficiently and successfully.
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(idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.
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(idiomatic, of, e.g. a process or a business) To run smoothly and without problems.
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(idiomatic) To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.
n
A stroke of good luck; something that appears unexpectedly; especially in turn up for the book.
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(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
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(colloquial, archaic) To storm at.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To explain (something) to (someone), step by step.
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To continue to talk about a specific subject.
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(UK) To pause and remain still whilst doing nothing but surveying the environment around oneself.
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