Synonyms for set in motion
set in mo·tion

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1. set in motionverb

   Synonyms:
   put in motion

2. set in motionverb

   to trigger movement, to get going

   Synonyms:
   put in motion

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1. launch, set in motionverb

   get going; give impetus to

   "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"

   Synonyms:
   set up, establish, found, plunge, launch

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1. propels

   drive, push, or cause to move in a particular direction, typically forward

   Submitted by anonymous on July 20, 2020  

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1. Grange Lady Haig Rutan:

   As an author I found it fascinating interviewing luminaries of the jazz world for over 15 years, beginning with a phone call from Red Rodney on a Thanksgiving Day in 1989 and then a phone call from Stan Getz on Christmas Day; their comments set in motion the quest to write a book about my first husband, Al Haig, the chosen pianist of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie (who gave me the moniker 'Lady Haig' one blustery cold night outside of Birdland on a January night) - and later Stan Getz.”

2. Dar Adal:

   Ultimately, I lost control of what I set in motion.

3. Charles W. Chesnutt:

   Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

4. Charles Gallagher:

   Ronald Reagan single-handedly defined government as something that was bad, ronald Reagan shaped the way we think of politics. Ronald Reagan set in motion the belief that less government is much better.

5. Lindsey Graham:

   If Ukraine falls to Russian President Vladimir Putin, it will set in motion dire consequences for us as a nation, china will get the signal that they can take Taiwan. The Iranians will be believe that we have no will to stop their nuclear ambitions. The converse is true. If the Chinese see the world rally around Ukraine and the rule of law being applied to Putin's war crimes maybe they won't go into Taiwan.