get down; begin; get; start out; start; set about; set out; commencetake the first step or steps in carrying out an action "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" Antonym:
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