- start, start up, embark on, commence - get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
--1 is one way to begin, lead off, start, commence
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something