To take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?" "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"
leave; "The family took off for Florida"
lay out in a line
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let''s get down to work now"
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
