Thesaurus / break ground
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synonyms for break ground
- commence
- create
- do
- establish
- found
- go ahead
- go into
- inaugurate
- initiate
- introduce
- launch
- lead
- make
- open
- prepare
- produce
- set up
- undertake
- activate
- actualize
- cause
- drive
- effect
- eventuate
- generate
- impel
- induce
- instigate
- institute
- motivate
- mount
- occasion
- originate
- trigger
- break the ice
- bring about
- bring to pass
- embark on
- enter on
- enter upon
- get going
- give birth to
- give impulse
- lay foundation for
- make active
- plunge into
- set about
- set in motion
- be friendly and talkative
- cut the first turf
- get one's feet wet
- lay the first stone
- lead off
- lead the way
- make a start
- oil the works
- open the way
- pave the way
- set at ease
- smooth the path
- socialize
- start
- start the ball rolling
- take the plunge
- bulldoze
- cultivate
- rake
- reap
- shove
- smash
- break
- farm
- furrow
- harrow
- harvest
- list
- push
- ridge
- rush
- till
- trench
- turn
- turn over
On this page you'll find 113 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to break ground, such as: commence, create, do, establish, found, and go ahead.
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How to use break ground in a sentence
In your boots you will be unable to stand firm; you will run the risk of slipping every time that you break ground.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINII know your style of fighting men, Crane; you want to make me break ground, and drive me step by step round the garden.
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, VOLUME IIVARIOUSOn the 10th of the same month the Bengal division was to break ground from Ferozepore.
HISTORY OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, VOL. I (OF 3)SIR JOHN WILLIAM KAYEThe two other slaves complied with him; so they began to break ground with the tools they had brought for that purpose.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, VOLUME III (OF 4)ANONYMOUSLowndes, old man, go out and tell the coolies to break ground next to Jevins's grave.
LIFE'S HANDICAPRUDYARD KIPLINGThe beginning of 1812 opened with the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, where we arrived and began to break ground on the 8th of February.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SERGEANT WILLIAM LAWRENCEWILLIAM LAWRENCEHere we break ground and leave the chaste simplicity of the golden age to riot a blaze of exuberant decoration.
POTTERY, FOR ARTISTS CRAFTSMEN & TEACHERSGEORGE J. COXI went out West in the autumn of '63 to break ground for the first mile of railway track west of the Missouri river.
MY LIFE IN MANY STATES AND IN FOREIGN LANDSGEORGE FRANCIS TRAINHe had got a firmer hold on Hunter now and he meant to break ground for the next attack by picking up Winthrop's trail.
A PRAIRIE COURTSHIPHAROLD BINDLOSSIn 1786 Pitt availed himself of the opening of the session to induce his friend to break ground.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 61, NO. 378, APRIL, 1847VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO BREAK GROUND
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- triggers
- undertakes
- being friendly and talkative
- break ground
- cutting the first turf
- getting one's feet wet
- leading off
- leading the way
- lying the first stone
- making a start
- oiling the works
- opening the way
- paving the way
- setting at ease
- smoothing the path
- socializing
- starting
- starting the ball rolling
- taking the plunge
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