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EMBARK ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get off the ground
Example:
The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack
Synonyms:
commence; embark on; start; start up
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "embark on" is one way to...):
begin; commence; lead off; start (set in motion, cause to start)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "embark on"):
inaugurate; kick off (commence officially)
open (begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
