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lay the first stone

VERB

break the ice

Synonyms

WEAK

be friendly and talkative break ground cut the first turf get one's feet wet lead off lead the way make a start oil the works open the way pave the way set at ease smooth the path socialize start start the ball rolling take the plunge

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"This is the government and legislature that have the ambition to lay the first stone and start building this blessed project," said Matteo Salvini, the infrastructure minister and head of the League coalition party.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2022

Where he stopped to rest, there would they lay the first stone.

From The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Cory, Fanny Y.

The chaplain and his wife were already at work among them, and their little church only waiting for the bride to lay the first stone.

From Beechcroft at Rockstone by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

The master mason who helped to lay the first stone assisted in fixing the last in the lantern.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

I go to lay the first stone of a house upon a Property I have—that house shall be my decoration.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

lay the first stone

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