When she didn't show, they set the wheels in motion.

Then he came across an entry that really set the wheels of memory turning.

He knows what needs to be done, and has helped me set all the wheels in motion.

If he'd been a child or a teenager, then perhaps we might just have set the wheels in motion.

What set the wheels of the diet train in motion?

She'd set the wheels in motion and she had to see things through to the end.

Not fast enough to stop me from setting the wheels going.

The inspiration drawn from that meeting set the wheels in motion.

Once we've set the wheels of the press in motion, the Army and whatever government agencies are involved will eventually have to come clean.

That initial phone call set the wheels of Williams's return in motion.