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Verb
Present participle for to start doing something with vigour or determination
Present participle for to take the first step, or to commence an action or event
Present participle for to physically attack someone
Present participle for to start or undertake a task or venture
Present participle for to begin to move in a given direction
Present participle for to apply oneself to, or start work on, a given task or issue
Present participle for to set up or establish
Present participle for to make a concerted or violent attack on
(
engage in
)
Present participle for to participate or become involved in
Present participle for to show determination and immerse oneself in a task or a meal
Present participle for to fill or crowd around or into a place or area
Noun
The action of taking responsibility
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▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for to start doing something with vigour or determination
beginning
starting
commencing
undertaking
tackling
attacking
embarking on
setting to
making a start on
getting going on
going about
addressing oneself to
getting down to
buckling down to
getting to work on
getting cracking
getting weaving
getting down to business
getting the ball rolling
getting things moving
launching into
setting the ball rolling
making a start
putting the wheels in motion
setting the wheels in motion
putting one's hand to the plough
putting one's shoulder to the wheel
rolling up one's sleeves
getting one's finger out
going
getting
setting out
getting down
starting out
“In the millennium year the club
set about
an ambitious task of upgrading their facilities.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to take the first step, or to commence an action or event
beginning
starting
commencing
launching
opening
embarking on
entering into
kicking off
entering upon
embarking upon
striking into
leading off
getting off
falling to
undertaking
making a start on
getting down to
initiating
going about
launching into
addressing oneself to
tackling
getting going on
setting out
attempting
engaging
entering
engaging in
getting cracking on
entering on
knuckling down
jumping into
taking up
setting to
getting to work on
beginning undertaking
getting to work
starting off
making a start
tearing into
plunging into
buckling down to
getting stuck into
attacking
concentrating on
going into
getting on
getting cracking with
moving into
starting on
starting up
setting out on
starting to
starting out on
getting going with
embarking
getting on with
setting upon
setting off
getting under way
focusing on
starting out
broaching
teeing off
jumping off
handling
endeavoring
US
endeavouring
UK
trying
commencing on
considering
getting to grips with
beginning work on
instigating
approaching
starting the ball rolling on
taking on
launching into it
being responsible for
having a stab at
putting one's hand to the plough
ringing up the curtain on
falling into
making the first move
becoming involved in
venturing into
getting one's finger out
having a shot at
taking forward
starting the ball rolling
getting weaving
carrying out
hazarding
taking the first step
taking upon oneself
getting to it
setting things moving
essaying
pitching in
getting on with it
taking first step
jumping in
swinging into action
getting cracking
going ahead
hitting the ground running
taking upon yourself
getting one's feet wet
setting to work
taking on oneself
devoting oneself to
getting down to the nitty-gritty
endeavouring to do
having a go at
taking the plunge
getting down to business
laying the first stone
getting stuck in
buckling down
going for
plunging into it
getting a move on
getting the ball rolling
buckling to
getting off one's backside
getting going
putting one's shoulder to the wheel
participating in
setting the ball rolling
firing away
addressing oneself
getting down to brass tacks
taking responsibility for
getting the show on the road
getting your skates on
agreeing to
getting moving
endeavoring to do
dealing with
venturing on
committing oneself
making a beginning
getting weaving on
having a crack at
committing to
getting down to it
taking part in
more ❯
“After months of planning, they finally
set about
building their dream home.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to physically attack someone
attacking
assaulting
beating
pummelling
UK
pummeling
assailing
thrashing
striking
hitting
pasting
pounding
wallopping
walloping
hammering
setting upon
laying into
pitching into
lacing to
tearing into
lighting to
turning on
sailing into
letting fly at
roughing up
falling on
doing over
knocking about
knocking around
getting stuck into
working over
beating up on
duffing up
letting someone have it
having a go at
giving someone a beating
beating the living daylights out of
drubbing
lashing out at
battering
beating up
pelting
bopping
biffing
punching
belaboring
US
thumping
pouncing on
setting on
weighing into
lambasting
belabouring
UK
rounding on
striking at
jumping
falling upon
battling
firing at
invading
getting at
flying at
striking out at
hitting out at
kicking
clocking
clipping
slogging
larruping
larrupping
belting
smacking
busting
knocking
clouting
boffing
whacking
whaling
batting
buffeting
buffetting
whipping
whopping
clubbing
flogging
cudgelling
UK
bombarding
knocking into the middle of next week
laying one on
thwacking
cudgeling
US
raining blows on
decking
plugging
giving someone a good hiding
tonking
smiting
socking
clobbering
assaulting physically
knocking for a loop
knocking cold
knocking block off
bashing
bludgeoning
banging
lashing
slapping
tanning
licking
slamming
mauling
swatting
birching
cracking
slugging
rapping
hiding
swiping
switching
boxing
slating
lacing
threshing
lathering
paddling
basting
pommeling
pommelling
whapping
whupping
tromping
fibbing
clapping
bonking
currying
nailing
zapping
bobbing
tagging
doing
drawing
giving someone a hiding
lamming
quilting
donging
malleating
whomping
swinging
punching out
sloshing
sticking one on
welting
messing up
bunging up
forging
more ❯
“As he tried to recover it, the other side's players thought she was being assaulted and
set about
him.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to start or undertake a task or venture
embarking
beginning
commencing
starting
undertaking
instituting
initiating
tackling
engaging in
entering on
going into
launching into
plunging
plunging into
taking up
venturing into
settling down to
having a crack at
having a go at
having a shot at
setting upon
turning one's hand to
taking on
assuming
entering upon
dealing with
shouldering
handling
accepting
attempting
taking over
getting to grips with
addressing oneself to
bearing
managing
embracing
meeting
taking responsibility for
adopting
trying
embarking on
taking on oneself
committing to
getting cracking on
getting down to
taking upon oneself
devoting oneself to
going about
embarking upon
concentrating on
taking part in
immersing yourself
endeavoring
US
endeavouring
UK
performing
taking
going whole hog
taking a flyer
going the limit
shooting the works
donning
taking in hand
agreeing to do
acquiring
doing
executing
taking responsibility
taking upon yourself
attending to
implementing
following through with
putting in motion
carrying out
committing oneself to
endeavouring to do
setting in motion
setting out with
endeavoring to do
holding
having
occupying
taking to
filling
setting to
holding down
being responsible for
facing
approaching
attacking
avowing
having a stab at
falling into
becoming involved in
making a run at
setting about with
going for
participating in
agreeing to
going in for
venturing on
giving something a whirl
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to begin to move in a given direction
starting
departing
embarking
proceeding
setting off
leaving
setting out
going
heading off
sailing
starting off
taking off
going forth
pushing off
sallying forth
setting forth
setting sail
starting out
beginning one's journey
getting going
getting on the road
getting under way
hitting the road
hitting the trail
making a start
setting forward
parting
Verb
▲
Present participle for to apply oneself to, or start work on, a given task or issue
attacking
addressing
confronting
tackling
undertaking
challenging
engaging
facing
fighting
handling
managing
contesting
contending
attending to
concentrating on
contending with
coping with
dealing with
diving into
embarking on
engaging in
focusing on
grappling with
having a stab at
occupying oneself with
setting to work on
looking after
plunging into
seeing to
setting to
taking on
taking up
wading into
applying oneself to
buckling down to
starting in on
taking care of
getting cracking on
getting started on
getting stuck into
getting weaving on
devoting oneself to
getting to work on
going to work on
having a crack at
having a go at
having a shot at
trying to deal with
trying to sort out
directing attention to
throwing yourself into
getting down to
getting to grips with
addressing oneself to
going about
getting to work at
approaching
pursuing
wading in
turning to
trying to solve
busying oneself with
trying to cope with
settling down to
taking measures about
tearing into
squaring up
settling
beginning to tackle
turning one's attention to
making a start on
fielding
negotiating
essaying
beginning
attempting
trying
accepting
giving something a try
becoming involved in
pitching into
going for it
pegging away at
hammering away at
taking forward
starting the ball rolling
starting on
taking the bit between your teeth
stepping up to the plate
having a go
making a run at
taking in hand
launching into
knuckling down to
giving something a go
squaring off
working on
banging away at
sinking your teeth into
applying oneself
going for
taking a shot at
going at
turning one's hand to
embarking upon
giving something a whirl
coming to grips with
plugging away at
trying on for size
setting your hand to
treating
maneuvering
US
manoeuvring
UK
sorting out
hacking
taking charge of
manipulating
playing
swinging
taking
carrying out
coming to grips
doing
controlling
attending
working
discussing
covering
taking control
bespeaking
facing up to
getting a handle on
giving attention to
talking about
struggling against
turning
focussing
focusing
digging
concentrating
answering
grappling
hammering away
pegging away
having at
wrestling
organizing
US
orchestrating
grasping
mastering
influencing
striving against
getting to grips
organising
UK
getting involved in
serving
turning your attention to
taking control of
dealing
commanding
exploiting
dominating
responding to
acting toward
making arrangements for
replying to
reacting to
speaking in response to
taking responsibility for
administering to
fixing
behaving toward
acting towards
behaving towards
performing
relating
conducting oneself towards
effecting
transacting
telling of
talking through
talking over
canvasing
touching on
speaking about
biting off
grabbing
wrestling with
managing with
tussling with
getting by with
making out with
coming to terms with
making do with
working at
getting busy with
getting on with
giving an oration on
giving a dissertation on
speaking to
giving an address on
delivering a sermon on
preachifying to
speaking on
making a speech on
talking to
giving a lecture on
pontificating on
giving a discourse on
preaching to
giving a sermon on
sermonizing on
speechifying to
taking aim at
droning on about
giving a speech on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to set up or establish
starting
establishing
founding
launching
setting up
forming
incorporating
instituting
opening
organising
UK
organizing
US
pioneering
assembling
creating
initiating
installing
beginning
constituting
developing
inaugurating
introducing
kicking off
originating
activating
building
constructing
devising
enacting
kick-starting
putting in place
starting up
bringing about
bringing into being
bringing into existence
floating
getting going
hatching
inducting
laying the cornerstone of
laying the first stone of
laying the foundations of
masterminding
opening up
putting together
sowing the seeds of
starting off
throwing together
embarking on
fathering
getting moving
getting off the ground
getting something functioning
getting something working
innovating
laying foundation
making a start on
planting
instigating
commencing
instating
ushering in
actuating
triggering
introing
putting in
setting in motion
setting off
commencing on
putting in motion
getting going on
triggering off
entering into
starting the ball rolling
taking up
getting under way
making up
getting ball rolling
setting going
taking action on
coming out with
getting cracking on
dreaming up
setting the ball rolling on
coming up with
breaking the ice on
getting one's feet wet
legislating
passing
decreeing
ordaining
authorizing
US
laying down
making
authorising
UK
bringing in
formulating
ratifying
inventing
effectuating
effecting
planning
entering
unveiling
admitting
sanctioning
commissioning
bringing forward
phasing in
taking the lead in
appointing
dictating
proclaiming
fixing up
setting forth
voting in
carrying through
putting in force
putting through
knocking down
starting ball rolling
paving the way
getting things rolling
empowering
practising
UK
making into law
investing
chartering
shaping
placing
designating
delegating
practicing
US
ordering
drafting
deputing
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make a concerted or violent attack on
assailing
attacking
assaulting
besetting
charging
rushing
storming
belaboring
US
belabouring
UK
accosting
besieging
turning on
invading
raiding
striking
trashing
bushwhacking
impugning
jumping
maltreating
siccing
blitzing
busting
encountering
mugging
pouncing on
setting upon
beating up
setting on
tearing into
coming at
descending on
descending upon
falling on
flying at
getting stuck into
jumping on
laying into
lighting to
pitching into
falling upon
going in on
having at
hitting out at
lacing to
lashing out at
launching an attack on
letting fly at
making an assault on
pouncing upon
wading into
weighing into
working over
having a go at
launching oneself at
rounding on
sailing into
letting someone have it
going for
advancing on
surprising
ambushing
striking out at
blasting
beating someone up
marching into
shooting down
swooping on
striking at
savaging
letting fly
lashing out
striking out
taking a swing
hitting out
approaching
bearing down on
moving closer to
drawing near
coming close to
converging on
drawing nearer to
closing in on
coming closer to
marching on
moving in on
moving close to
drawing near to
aggressing
overrunning
foraying into
foraying
going at
pouncing
overwhelming
lunging at
plundering
making a raid on
attempting to capture
taking by storm
beating up on
setting at
penetrating
descending
hitting
capturing
roughing up
running at
making an onslaught on
launching an attack
taking a pop at
conquering
hurting
ravaging
terrorizing
US
terrorising
UK
harming
battering
inroading
overcoming
fighting
routing
subjugating
leaping about
blindsiding
smiting
bombarding
harrying
smashing
charging at
searching
sallying
swarming
afflicting
devastating
cooking
blistering
infiltrating
torpedoing
bombing
occupying
zerging
taking
opening fire on
swarming over
swooping
conducting an offensive on
making a foray on
making an assault
making an attack
dealing a blow
dealing a blow to
waylaying
taking on
setting in on
making a sortie on
surging into
taking down
going in
surging over
making inroads on
sallying forth
firing on
swooping down upon
making a raid
laying siege to
turning to violence
springing at
rushing at
launching at
duffing up
giving someone a beating
springing on
going after
rushing upon
beating the living daylights out of
appearing
arriving
holding up
showing up
coming in force
arriving in hordes
turning up
dropping in
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
engage in
)
Present participle for to participate or become involved in
engaging
participating
joining
partaking
abetting
contributing
playing
undertaking
sharing
entering
practicing
US
practising
UK
becoming involved
tackling
embarking on
launching into
occupying oneself
taking part
throwing oneself
going in for
having a hand
playing a part
playing a role
keeping busy with
occupying oneself with
partake of
engaging in
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show determination and immerse oneself in a task or a meal
digging in
burrowing
chewing
springing
applying oneself
getting stuck in
chowing down
going for it
starting eating
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fill or crowd around or into a place or area
mobbing
crowding
filling
packing
swarming
thronging
flocking
cramming
jamming
overrunning
crowding into
cramming into
descending into
pressing into
squeezing into
cramming full
filling to overflowing
Noun
▲
The action of taking responsibility
assumption
handling
managing
shouldering
acceptance
undertaking
acquisition
tackling
adoption
embracing
putting on
taking on
taking up
embarkation on
entering on
entering upon
appropriation
affecting
affectation
selection
acquiring
assuming
arrogation
advocacy
following
maintenance
enactment
implementation
uptake
taking over
taking in
application
use
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setting about
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