1. (

• get_down ,
• begin ,
• get ,
• start_out ,
• start ,
• set_about ,
• set_out ,
• commence

) take 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" ;

2. (

• depart ,
• part ,
• start ,
• start_out ,
• set_forth ,
• set_off ,
• set_out ,
• take_off

) leave; "The family took off for Florida" ;