5
go about(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, work)
5
happen(verb, go, set, develop, start)
5
induce(verb, move, make, force, open)
5
move(verb, make, work, force, accept)
5
preface(verb, start, introduce, institute, precede)
5
set about
5
set in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, start, rise)
5
set to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, help, attack)
5
start off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, set)
5
turn to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, change, attack)
4
animate(verb, cause, start, prompt, irritate)
4
birth(noun, verb, rise, head, appear)
4
break
4
build(verb, make, open, cause, start)
4
come up(verb, expression, start, appear, emerge)
4
drive(verb, make, open, start, do)
4
enact(verb, law, order, make, start)
4
give rise to(verb, expression, idiom, make, open)
4
go ahead(verb, expression, phrasal verb, make, get)
4
hatch(verb, make, develop, cause, produce)
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