to make a start (on something)
71Something About Dr. Mary — Infobox Television episode | Title = Something About Dr. Mary Series = Frasier Season = 7 Episode = 16 Airdate = 17 February 2000 Production = Writer = Jay Kogen Director = Will Shriner Guests = Kim Coles (Mary Thomas) Scott Lowell (Chuck) Gloria …
72make a play for — phrasal : to attempt to capture make a play for the tourist trade with performances of native dances Time * * * make a play for (informal) 1. To try to get 2. To attempt to seduce • • • Main Entry: ↑play * * * …
73something — See: have smth going for one, have smth on, make smth of, start smth …
74jump start — jump starts, jump starting, jump started 1) VERB To jump start a vehicle which has a flat battery means to make the engine start by getting power from the battery of another vehicle, using special cables called jump leads. [V n] He was huddled… …
75get (something) off the ground — phrase if you get a project off the ground, you start it and make it successful. You can also say that a project gets off the ground No volunteers came forward to enable the youth club to get off the ground. Thesaurus: to succeed in doing… …
76set light to something — phrase to make something start burning Gangs of youths threw rocks and set light to cars. Thesaurus: to burn somethingsynonym Main entry: light * * * set ˈlight to sth idiom ( …
77get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot — make a good (or bad) start at something. → foot …
78get/start off on the right foot — ► get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot make a good (or bad) start at something. Main Entry: ↑foot …
79get/start off on the right/wrong foot — ► get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot make a good (or bad) start at something. Main Entry: ↑foot …
80get/start off on the wrong foot — ► get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot make a good (or bad) start at something. Main Entry: ↑foot …
