Phrase thesaurus

Begin Phrases

119 phrases and expressions related to "begin".

Phrases

  • A golden key can open any door
  • A good beginning makes a good ending
  • A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
  • Alarm bells began to ring
  • All systems go
  • An open and shut case (a straightforward legal case)
  • Be open with
  • Before you make up your mind, open it (Irish Independent advertising slogan)
  • Begin at the beginning
  • Beginner's luck
  • Bully off
  • Bump start
  • Calendar year (twelve months beginning from the first of January)
  • Charity begins at home
  • Curtain raiser
  • Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
  • Every kiss begins with Kay (Kay Jewellers advertising slogan)
  • Failure to launch
  • Fresh start
  • From the beginning of time
  • From the top
  • From the word go
  • Game on
  • Game time
  • Gentlemen, start your engines
  • Get off the mark
  • Get off to a bad start
  • Get off to a flying start
  • Get the ball rolling
  • Get under way
  • Get up steam
  • Get your feet wet
  • Give it the green light
  • Go live
  • Go to town
  • Head start
  • His life's an open book
  • If enough people would stop smoking and start drinking, we could get out of ashtrays and into vermouth (Cinzano advertising slogan)
  • In the beginning was the word
  • It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
  • Jump start
  • Just for starters
  • Keep a weather eye open
  • Keep an eye open
  • Keep an open mind
  • Open season
  • Open sesame
  • Open source
  • Open source software
  • Open the bay doors HAL (A catchphrase from 2001, A Space Odyssey)
  • Open the box (A catchphrase from Take Your Pick)
  • Open the floodgates
  • Open the kimono
  • Open to doubt
  • Open to offers
  • Open verdict
  • Open warfare (engaged in active fighting)
  • Open wide
  • Open your account
  • Open your big mouth
  • Open your eyes
  • Open your heart
  • Out in the open
  • Pipe up
  • Power up
  • Press the button
  • Push at an open door
  • Scratch the surface
  • Sleep with one eye open
  • Start again
  • Start from scratch
  • Start over
  • Start the ball rolling
  • Step up
  • Take it from the top
  • Take the field (begin a sporting event or a military campaign)
  • Take the money, open the box
  • Take the plunge
  • Ten summersets he'll undertake on solid ground (Beatles song lyric)
  • The beginning of the end
  • The fur began to fly
  • The glorious twelfth (of August - the start of the British grouse shooting season)
  • The start of a beautiful friendship
  • To boldly go where no man has gone before (A catchphrase from Start Trek)
  • We have lift off
  • When the balloon goes up
  • Wide open spaces
  • With open arms
  • With your eyes open