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making a bid for making a pitch for making a move

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getting stuck into embarking on going about setting about tackling commencing getting down to getting to grips with getting to work at making a start on throwing oneself into having a crack at having a shot at undertaking dealing with handling taking on taking up engaging in managing beginning concentrating on getting cracking on having a stab at launching into addressing oneself to confronting attacking trying attending to devoting oneself to applying oneself to facing addressing accepting starting attempting approaching grappling with entering on seeing to focusing on becoming involved in venturing into coping with trying to sort out going for turning one's hand to trying to deal with taking care of getting weaving on shouldering assuming taking upon oneself making a run at taking in hand buckling down to plunging into settling down to contending with going into bearing engaging embarking taking responsibility for endeavoring being responsible for entering upon taking on oneself taking over committing to initiating fielding turning to negotiating endeavouring essaying falling into pitching into applying yourself to taking forward trying to solve wading into diving into knuckling down to setting about with pursuing busying oneself with plunging participating in going at trying to cope with agreeing to going in for venturing on giving something a whirl coming to grips with plugging away at taking part in taking measures about grappling taking agreeing to do learning to live with challenging fighting contracting going whole hog taking a flyer going the limit shooting the works immersing yourself committing yourself moving into putting in motion having a hand in carrying out hazarding taking upon yourself endeavouring to do volunteering oneself to taking the plunge having a try at setting in motion addressing oneself endeavoring to do committing oneself answering for trying out wading in setting one's hand to going for it pegging away at hammering away at starting the ball rolling starting on taking the bit between your teeth stepping up to the plate having a go squaring off working on giving a whirl banging away at sinking your teeth into turning your hand to applying oneself taking a shot at embarking upon trying on for size giving a try instituting contesting devoting yourself to setting to work on getting started on contending occupying yourself with setting to getting to work on starting in on going to work on looking after setting upon manoeuvring maneuvering manipulating hammering away pegging away focusing turning adopting focussing digging hacking having at playing swinging concentrating attending treating meeting embracing avowing getting going on sorting out taking charge of doing entering setting out opening knuckling down controlling working performing getting to work getting off teeing off entering into making a start beginning undertaking getting underway turning your attention to facing up to looking sth in the eye getting on appropriating grabbing tearing into answering organizing orchestrating settling agreeing to take signing off on getting cracking with organising turning one's attention to beginning to tackle grasping executing mastering influencing espousing setting off starting off getting under way starting out implementing squaring up taking control of dealing borrowing committing yourself to committing oneself to following through with setting out with responding to making arrangements for intervening in replying to reacting to speaking in response to biting off administering to fixing launching acting towards behaving towards proceeding resuming renewing reopening continuing restarting recommencing conducting oneself towards kicking off taking to carrying on going on following through broaching serving getting involved in working at getting busy with accomplishing occupying oneself with effecting transacting getting on with wrestling with managing with tussling with getting by with making out with coming to terms with making do with commanding exploiting dominating jumping off covering rolling up one's sleeves getting one's finger out getting cracking getting down to business getting the ball rolling putting one's shoulder to the wheel putting one's hand to the plough getting things moving getting weaving setting the wheels in motion setting the ball rolling putting the wheels in motion acting toward discussing behaving toward bespeaking giving an oration on giving a dissertation on speaking to giving an address on delivering a sermon on preachifying to talking about speaking on making a speech on talking to giving a lecture on pontificating on giving a discourse on preaching to giving a sermon on sermonizing on speechifying to taking aim at droning on about giving a speech on getting a handle on

lashing out savaging going for hitting out laying into screaming at shouting at yelling at letting have it

pursuing seeking courting trying for aiming at aiming for attempting purposing pushing towards questing after searching for striving for aspiring to working towards working for working toward going out for having as an objective having as a goal

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having a good head on one's shoulders having a good hook having a good look having a good look at having a good time having a grasp of having a go having a gift for having a gift having a get-together having a gander at having a funny feeling about