set about

Verb

• 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
    

• enter upon an activity or enterprise

• begin to deal with
  • approach a task
    
  • go about a difficult problem
    
  • approach a new project
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  get down , begin , get , start out , start , set out , commence , undertake , attempt , go about , approach
• Antonyms: 
  end , terminate