🗓️ Idiom: Put the Wheels in Motion (v)
💬 Meaning
- To start a process or series of events.
- To begin taking actions that will lead to a result.
🧠 Example Sentences
- We signed the supplier contract and put the wheels in motion for the new distribution plan.
- Once the funding was approved, they quickly put the wheels in motion to upgrade the warehouse.
- Her presentation put the wheels in motion for a complete change in the supply chain strategy.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from the image of starting a vehicle or machine, where the wheels begin turning when something is set in motion. In business, it refers to starting any planned process or initiative.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
The logistics manager __________ the wheels in motion for the new delivery system.
Answer
put
2. Choose the correct meaning of “put the wheels in motion”:
A) Delay a process
B) Begin a process
C) Stop a plan
Answer
B) Begin a process
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“The director started the company’s new logistics strategy.” → Change the sentence using: put the wheels in motion
Answer
The director put the wheels in motion for the company’s new logistics strategy.
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