make the first move
take the first step

I still sort of had to make the first move.

Making the first move is always better than doing nothing.

Before, he had been the one to make the first move.

I'd not be the one to make the first move.

It was the one which should make the first move.

Would he really wait for her to make the first move?

Were they each waiting for someone else to make the first move?

It was just a question of who would make the first move.

I'm sure it was I who finally made the first move.

The big man had made the first move of risk.

It now seems to be a game of who makes the first move.

No one wants to make the first move, and be alone miles away from here.

Well, she decided, someone has to make the first move.

"And all I got to do is get you to make the first move."

Waiting, the way a woman should, for him to make the first move.

It looks like the Republicans must make the first move.

The problem was, no one seemed willing to make the first move.

If anything was going to happen between them, it would probably be up to her to make the first move.

He asked no questions, content to let the others now make the first move.

Or perhaps she was supposed to wait for him to make the first move.

China, under its new leadership, must make the first move.

To contain the situation, Will would have to make the first move.

"This time, we will wait for them to make the first move."

We were each too proud to even think of making the first move.

And besides, why do I always have to be the one to make the first move?