the first step is always the hardest
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
get a jump on
to begin with
well begun is half done
first flush
twig
tumble
get it
cotton on
latch on
prefix
up front
start
get onto
catch on
get wise
break the ice
exordium
off the mark
finish out
jumpstart
jump-start
an old dog for a hard road
liminal
forestep
crystallization
obturation
off
begin
incipient
gather pace
inchoate
out of the gate
head
ground zero
foundation
origination
peel the onion
introduction
launch pad
get-go
initiation
innovation
in the first place
front
founding
instauration
creation
institution
reinitialization
from the get-go
induration
ahead
take the ball and run with it
initially
from the jump
early doors
unfolding
reinitiation
rock and roll
come into
from the word go
initialness
piling on
lead
click
deployment
get going
initiative
refoundation
toughening
startup
kick start
preliminal
starting point
bitter end
at first
running start
aha moment
midstage
forewrought
first port of call
leadoff
opening
starting gate
cross-process
virtuous circle
flying start
dawntime
arrival
enormification
hole
day one
entrance
premature
gradation