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51motion — n 1. movement, moving, changing place, changing position, driftage, travel, traveling, going; activity, action, activeness, stir, flux; flow, stream, passage, progress, transit; trend, drift, course, current, run, swing; roving, roaming, swaying …
52set in motion — put in motion they have set in motion a formal review of the law Syn: start, commence, begin, activate, initiate, launch, get underway, get going, get off the ground; trigger off, set off, spark off, generate, cause …
53put it to — Synonyms and related words: advance, affront, brave, breast, bring before, bring forward, bring up, broach, challenge, commend to attention, confront, confront with, dare, defy, encounter, envisage, face, face with, front, introduce, launch, lay… …
54put forward — phr verb Put forward is used with these nouns as the object: ↑amendment, ↑argument, ↑bill, ↑claim, ↑clock, ↑demand, ↑explanation, ↑hypothesis, ↑idea, ↑legislation, ↑motion, ↑ …
55put forth — send out; sprout; set in motion; extend; propose; publish; set sail …
56put the skids under — wilfully to cause to fail The imagery is from the way of launching a ship or getting tree trunks to a mill. Once on the skids, the motion cannot be voluntarily arrested …
57motion — noun 1》 the action or process of moving or being moved. 2》 a movement or gesture. 3》 a piece of moving mechanism. 4》 a formal proposal put to a legislature or committee. ↘Law an application for a rule or order of court. 5》 Brit. an evacuation …
58in motion — MOVING, on the move, going, travelling, running, functioning, operational. → motion * * * moving flowing blonde hair that was constantly in motion * * * in motion 1 : moving She s a very busy person who s constantly in motion. He likes taking… …
59set something in motion — set (something) in motion to start a process. The recommendation could set in motion the largest cleanup in US history. Usage notes: also used in the form put something in motion: Louisiana already has an emergency response plan, which Foster put …
60set in motion — set (something) in motion to start a process. The recommendation could set in motion the largest cleanup in US history. Usage notes: also used in the form put something in motion: Louisiana already has an emergency response plan, which Foster put …
