put+in+motion

  • 1put in motion — index agitate (shake up), dispatch (send off), establish (launch), exercise (discharge a function) …

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  • 2put into motion — index cast (throw) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3put in motion — See set in motion …

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  • 4put — I. verb (put; putting) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch poten to plant Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to place in a specified position or relationship ; lay …

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  • 5put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …

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  • 6put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …

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  • 7Motion — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Successive change of place. < N PARAG:Motion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 motion motion movement move Sgm: N 1 going going &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 unrest unrest GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 stream …

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  • 8put one on his feet — Foot Foot (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace… …

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  • 9motion — 1. noun 1) the rocking motion of the boat a planet s motion around the sun Syn: movement, moving, locomotion, rise and fall, shifting; progress, passage, passing, transit, course, travel, traveling 2) a motion of the …

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  • 10motion picture — motion picture, adj. 1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion picture projector) in such rapid succession as to… …

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