set out (
http://definr.com/set out)
v 1: 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" [syn:
begin,
get,
start out,
start,
set about,
commence]
[ant:
end]
2: lay out in a line [syn:
range,
array,
lay out]
3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn:
depart,
part,
start,
start out,
set forth,
set off,
take off]