set about

1. Begin to deal with (synset 202444146)
   "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
   is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
   subtypes: confront, face, face up - deal with (something unpleasant) head on
   same as: approach, go about
2. Enter upon an activity or enterprise (synset 201654835)
   is a type of: initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
   same as: attempt, undertake
3. Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action (synset 200346415)
   "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's get down to work now"
   subtypes:

   • recommence - begin again
   • strike out - set out on a course of action
   • fall - begin vigorously
   • jump off - set off quickly, usually with success
   • get to - arrive at the point of
   • auspicate - commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
   • attack - set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
   • break in - start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role
   • launch, plunge - begin with vigor
   • come on - occur or become available
   • embark, enter - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
   • bestir oneself, get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving - start to be active
   same as: begin, commence, get, get down, set out, start, start out
   verb group: begin - begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

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