set about

begin to deal with

• “approach a task”
• “go about a difficult problem”
• “approach a new project”

enter upon an activity or enterprise

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• “We began working at dawn”
• “Who will start?”
• “Get working as soon as the sun rises!”
• “The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia”
• “He began early in the day”
• “Let”