Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

engagement &c (promise) 768; enterprise, emprise†; pilgrimage; matter in hand &c (business ) 625; move; first move &c (beginning) 66. V. undertake; engage in, embark in; launch into, plunge into; volunteer; apprentice oneself to; engage &c (promise) 768; contract &c 769; take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders; devote oneself to &c (determination) 604. take up, take in hand; tackle; set about, go about; set to, fall to, set to work; launch forth; set up shop; put in hand, put in execution; set forward; break the neck of a business, be in, for; put one's hand to, put one's foot in; betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, go to do; begin one's &c 66; broach one's, institute one's &c (originate) 153; put one's hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel. have in hand &c (business) 625; have many irons in the fire &c (activity) 682. Adj. undertaking &c v.; on the anvil &c 625. Int. here goes!,