The phrase "set something in motion" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to initiate or start something. Example: The new government policies set in motion a series of changes in the economy.
He has set something in motion.
"With this war, your country has set something in motion across the whole region," he said.
Where someone set something in motion and then just walked away?
We set something in motion and the whole point of the thing that we set in motion is that you're supposed to make it run.' Right?
"We have set something in motion here and it's going to get bigger and bigger and bigger.
Elisha Otis set something in motion in 1853 that refuses to back down, a form of vertical transport that changed architecture – and culture – forever while reaching mountain peaks and continuing to tease our collective imagination.
Bielenberg wasn't much interested in long-term goals; he believed in setting something in motion and letting the momentum guide the effort.
As before World War I, the risk of setting something in motion that can't be stopped does exist.
However, I could choose to be a citizen of a voluntary nation of people who also choose to give a high priority to setting something in motion that uses our modern systems to eventually put a permanent end to extreme poverty on Earth.
He still has time to set something bold in motion--something worthy of the vision he laid out in Prague, something that the next administration can carry forward.
It can be quite the fulfilling rush to spend a year "completing" loans in the $1000-$1000-$1500 with your little $25-$25-$50n, knowing you have set something amazing, and life~changing, in motion.
