Thesaurus / start the ball rolling
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synonyms for start the ball rolling
- begin
- take up
- accept
- try
- undertake
- essay
- attack
- attempt
- launch
- come to grips with
- take on
- engage in
- work on
- deal with
- apply oneself
- bang away at
- devote oneself to
- embark upon
- give a try
- give a whirl
- go for it
- make a run at
- pitch into
- set about
- square off
- take a shot at
- take in hand
- try on for size
- turn to
- turn one's hand to
- socialize
- start
- be friendly and talkative
- break ground
- cut the first turf
- 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
- take the plunge
- get one's feet wet
- begin
- create
- induce
- produce
- precipitate
- provoke
- generate
- make
- hatch
- breed
- secure
- engender
- muster
- revert
- incite
- motivate
- compel
- effect
- introduce
- elicit
- let
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- kindle
- occasion
- kickoff
- originate
- open
- brainstorm
- break in
- break the ice
- bring to pass
- come out with
- cook up
- dream up
- make up
- work up
- lead to
- be at the bottom of
- fire up
- get things rolling
- give rise to
- result in
- sow the seeds
- think up
- initiate
- begin
- inaugurate
- take up
- launch
- originate
- open
- arise
- embark on
- enter upon
- come into being
- come into existence
- get cracking
- get going
- get show on road
- hit the ground running
- jump into
- kick off
- lead off
- tear into
- get one's feet wet
- begin
- organize
- raise
- form
- launch
- create
- plant
- construct
- start
- settle
- erect
- initiate
- establish
- fashion
- institute
- fix
- originate
- constitute
- inaugurate
- endow
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- get going
- ring in
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antonyms for start the ball rolling
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- keep
- cover
- close
- finish
- stop
- halt
- discourage
- end
- repress
- hide
- obstruct
- impede
- hinder
- block
- deter
- delay
- prevent
- ruin
- destroy
- confuse
- upset
- disestablish
- break
- neglect
- stop
- die
- finish
- end
- conclude
- cease
- unsettle
- ruin
- ignore
- raze
- demolish
- disorganize
- disorder
- destroy
- complete
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How to use start the ball rolling in a sentence
Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENSleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSKeep closely covered with a bell glass and, in a few weeks, more or less, the baby Ferns will start to put in an appearance.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINThe smoke from her kitchen fire rose white as she put in dry sumac to give it a start.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENIt was little better than coal dust, and would not carry a ball fifty paces to kill or wound.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSA view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSYou never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThere are sentimental children, as there are sentimental adults, who seem never happier than when the tears are ready to start.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYBut the day he planned to start was very cold—the mercury stood twenty-seven below zero.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXThe first steam rolling mill, with the exception of the one at Soho, was put up at Bradley ironworks.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLWORDS RELATED TO START THE BALL ROLLING
- 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
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- taking the plunge
- be at the bottom of
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- break the ice
- breed
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- come out with
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