set in train
set in train
To start (a sequence of events); to set in motion. Making this announcement will set in train a series of actions that we will not be able to stop, so please consider it carefully.
See also: set, train
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- set (something) out
- set out
- get (all) set
- get set
- be (all) set (to do something)
- set (one's) hand to
- set your hand to
- set about
- set about (doing something)
- set about doing