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"ref": "1941 October, “Notes and News: A Highland Runaway”, in Railway Magazine, page 469",
"text": "Considerable excitement was caused on the L.M.S.R. Aberdeen line out of Perth recently when a shunting engine in Perth North goods yard, whose driver and fireman were absent, was accidentally set in motion by a shunter and set off unattended on to the main line.",
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"ref": "2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time",
"text": "She was seen as a gifted pop-country ingenue when, in a now infamous moment, Kanye West interrupted Swift onstage at the 2009 VMAs while she was accepting an award. The incident set in motion a chain of events that would shape the next decade of both artists’ lives.",
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"To trigger movement or progress; to get going."
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"(idiomatic) To trigger movement or progress; to get going."
],
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}
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "掀動"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiāndòng",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "掀动"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "laittaa liikkeelle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "laittaa liikkeeseen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "mettre en branle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "mettre en mouvement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "in Bewegung setzen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "mozgásba hoz"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "movar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "mettere in moto"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "commoveō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "agitō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "cieō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "whakawaha"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"tags": [
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"word": "nadawać bieg"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "privodítʹ v déjstvije",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "приводи́ть в де́йствие"
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "suvati",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "सुवति"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "poner en marcha"
}
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"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time",
"text": "She was seen as a gifted pop-country ingenue when, in a now infamous moment, Kanye West interrupted Swift onstage at the 2009 VMAs while she was accepting an award. The incident set in motion a chain of events that would shape the next decade of both artists’ lives.",
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],
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],
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"(idiomatic) To trigger movement or progress; to get going."
],
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"translations": [
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "掀動"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiāndòng",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "掀动"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "laittaa liikkeelle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "laittaa liikkeeseen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "mettre en branle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "mettre en mouvement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "in Bewegung setzen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "mozgásba hoz"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "movar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "mettere in moto"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "commoveō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "agitō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "cieō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "whakawaha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nadawać bieg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nadać bieg"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "privodítʹ v déjstvije",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "приводи́ть в де́йствие"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "suvati",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "सुवति"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "trigger movement or progress",
"word": "poner en marcha"
}
],
"word": "set in motion"
}
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