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set about collapse: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

launch into collapse

move into collapse

begin collapse: Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992); set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"; begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began; begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"; achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"; begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"; have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"; have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"; have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"; be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number `one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"

enter upon collapse: take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"

go to it collapse

dive into collapse

embark upon collapse

commence collapse

engage in collapse

fall to collapse

pitch in collapse: eat heartily; "The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in"

be off collapse

kick off collapse

go at collapse

wade into collapse

have at collapse

pit against collapse

pitch into collapse

set sail collapse

hop to it collapse

get cracking collapse: start to be active; "Get cracking, please!"

put to rights collapse

light into collapse

emancipate collapse: give equal rights to; of women and minorities

get with it collapse

fall into collapse: be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'"

actuate collapse

set in motion collapse

put right collapse

sail into collapse

disunite collapse

bundle off collapse: send off unceremoniously

allocate collapse: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"

not mind collapse

go in for collapse

turn to collapse: direct one's interest or attention towards; go into; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"

remunerate collapse

estrange collapse: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"; remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"

disobey collapse: refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"

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