start+forth
41be like painting the Forth Bridge — British if repairing or improving something is like painting the Forth Bridge, it takes such a long time that by the time you have finished doing it, you have to start again. Home improvements are a bit like painting the Forth Bridge. By the time …
42put forth — phrasal 1. a. assert, propose b. to make public ; issue 2. to bring into action ; exert 3. to produce or send out by growth < put forth leaves > 4. to start out …
43set forth — phrasal 1. to give an account or statement of 2. to start out on a journey …
44put forth — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. produce, form, constitute; see compose 3 , create 2 , invent 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To put forward (a topic) for discussion: bring up, broach, introduce, moot, raise. See START …
45set forth — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. begin a journey, start out, take the first steps; see begin 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To state, as an idea, for consideration: advance, offer, pose, propose, propound, put forward, submit, suggest. See OFFER …
46like painting the Forth Bridge — used for saying that a job feels as if it will never be finished because when you get to the end you have to start again …
47ˌset ˈforth — phrasal verb literary to start a journey …
48outstart — I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: out (I) + start intransitive verb : to spring out : start forth transitive verb [out + start] : to get the start o …
49Bolt — (b[=o]lt; 110), v. i. 1. To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room. [1913 Webster] This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . . And oft out of a bush doth bolt. Drayton.… …
50launch — {{11}}launch (n.) large boat carried on a warship, 1690s, from Port. lancha barge, launch, apparently from Malay lancharan, from lanchar quick, agile; English spelling influenced by LAUNCH (Cf. launch) (v.). {{12}}launch (v.) c.1300, to rush,… …
