In progress

• Moved suddenly
• Was promoted from the bench, say
• Kicked off
• Under way
• Set up celebrity with young man from the fifties
• Got rolling
• Opened
• Lifted the curtain on
• Played from the tipoff, say

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
start \start\ (st[aum]rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. started ; p. pr. & vb. n. starting .] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten to hurl, rush, fall, G. st["u]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st["o]rta to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably ...