set in motion

1. 1.

   get going; give impetus to

   “launch a career”

   “Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process”

   Synonymslaunch

   Broadermove

   Narrowerlaunch

Questions about set in motion

What does set in motion mean?

set in motion means "get going; give impetus to".

What is another word for set in motion?

Close synonyms include launch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.