Verbs

(v)set about, go about, approachbegin to deal with“approach a task”, “go about a difficult problem”, “approach a new project”
(v)undertake, set about, attemptenter upon an activity or enterprise
(v)get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commencetake 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”