"prendere il via" meaning in Italian

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        "1": "to take the starting-signal"
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to take the starting-signal”.",
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    {
      "form": "prèndere il via",
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    {
      "form": "prèndo il via",
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        "first-person",
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      "form": "prési il via",
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      "form": "préso il via",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "2020 October 15, “Sergio Mattarella a Macerata: \"Riemerge l'ego dei singoli e degli Stati. Doveroso riflettere\" [Sergio Mattarella in Macerata: \"The ego of the individuals and of the states reemerges. Dutiful to reflect]”, in la Repubblica",
          "text": "Le celebrazioni hanno preso il via con il corteo accademico in piazza della Libertà, dove hanno preso posto i docenti, 73 matricole (una per ogni secolo di vita universitaria) e il personale tecnico amministrativo e bibliotecario dell'ateneo.\nThe celebrations kicked off with the academic procession in Piazza della Libertà, where professors, 73 freshmen (one for each century of university life) and the university's techincal, administrative, and library staff took their seats.",
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        "to kick off"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to kick off"
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  "word": "prendere il via"
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      "form": "préso il via",
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    },
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    }
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      "expansion": "prèndere il via (first-person singular present prèndo il via, first-person singular past historic prési il via, past participle préso il via, auxiliary avére)",
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          "text": "Le celebrazioni hanno preso il via con il corteo accademico in piazza della Libertà, dove hanno preso posto i docenti, 73 matricole (una per ogni secolo di vita universitaria) e il personale tecnico amministrativo e bibliotecario dell'ateneo.\nThe celebrations kicked off with the academic procession in Piazza della Libertà, where professors, 73 freshmen (one for each century of university life) and the university's techincal, administrative, and library staff took their seats.",
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