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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To make things worse, Gundogan’s exit was put into motion by rumours and reports in the local media — informed by Barca sources — claiming his salary was standing in the way of the club’s plans for 2024-25. —

Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024 Market dynamics put in motion a self-reinforcing process in which rising interest rates led countries to the brink of insolvency. —

Martin Feldstein, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2012 A week before Biden’s calamitous June debate that put in motion the drumbeat that marched him aside, Trump was polling 10 points ahead. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024 In September 1960, CIA headquarters sent agents to Léopoldville to put in motion a plan to assassinate Lumumba. —

Herman J. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014 See all Example Sentences for put in/into motion

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