set in motion

• Fazer algo começar a acontecer ou entrar em funcionamento; dar início a um processo, atividade ou série de eventos.

To start a process, activity, or series of events; to cause something to begin happening or operating.

1. Start a processB2formal

   To cause something to begin or to start a series of events.

   Iniciar um processo

   • The new policy set in motion a series of changes.
   • His speech set in motion a wave of protests.
   • The discovery set in motion a chain of scientific breakthroughs.