set in motion

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to start sth moving

   Oh you leave that to me. By the time you receive it, everything will have been set in motion.

In the movies · 1

• Hey Look at you Kitty Oh my God look at youUs2019
• Oh you leave that to me. By the time you receive it, everything will have been set in motion.Sabotage1937
• Mandelbrot set is in motion.American Ultra2015
• Their website claims the arrival of the aliens set in motion a prophesy that...Arrival2016
• Recently I planned and set in motion events to execute the perfect bank robbery.Inside Man2006
• One I know that you'll understand We set the world in motion'A Goofy Movie1995
• It requires only circumstance to set it in violent motion.Adam's Rib1949
• - Well... - I do hope all sorts of official wheels haven't been set in motion.The Ladykillers1955

From the same entry

• go through the motions