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How to sign: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"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";
Similiar / Same: begin, start out, start, set out, commence, set about, get down
Within this category: attack, auspicate, break in, come on, embark, fall, get cracking, get to, jump off, plunge, recommence, strike out
How to sign: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
"She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight";
Similiar / Same: arrive
Within this category: come, drive in, flood in, land, land, land, plump in, pull in, reach, roll up
How to sign: go or come after and bring or take back
"Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat";
Similiar / Same: fetch, bring, convey
Categories: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
Within this category: deliver, retrieve
How to sign: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
"We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?";
Similiar / Same: capture, catch
Categories: clutch, prehend, seize
Within this category: lasso, recapture
How to sign: be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me";
See also: puzzle over, solve, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work out, work
Similiar / Same: perplex, puzzle, mystify, baffle, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, dumbfound, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat
Categories: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
