put in/into motion

idiom

: to begin (something, such as a plan or process)

They will be taking steps to put the divorce proceedings in/into motion.

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This is a president, President Trump, who continues to threaten political opponents and is making every move right now in the early days of his administration to try to put in motion things to go after and to use the force of government now to go after his political opponents. —

CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025 The action is put in motion by a real-life (and really bloody) event: the Mountain Meadows Massacre, in which church militia members slaughtered some 120 members of an emigrant wagon train. —

Chris Vognar, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 But what will happen next year has more to do with what's been put into motion in 2024 than whatever policy president elect Donald Trump might introduce after taking office in January. —

Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024 The 16-15 decision in the Senate put into motion the plan that created Miller Park. —

Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for put in/into motion

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