enter+upon
41enter — To go into; to pass in or upon; as to enter a house or a close, sometimes for the purpose of taking possession. To list by name in a competition, as to enter a horse for a race. To make note of a fact by way of making a record thereof to be… …
42enter — v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by into) go or come in. b tr. go or come into. c intr. come on stage (as a direction : enter Macbeth). 2 tr. penetrate; go through (a bullet entered his chest). 3 tr. (often foll. by up) write (a name, details, etc.) in… …
43enter — I. v. a. 1. Go into, come into, pierce, penetrate. 2. Record, register, enroll, inscribe, note, set down, chronicle, jot down, take down. 3. Insert, set in. 4. Begin, commence, commence upon. 5. Engage in, enlist in, embark in, join, become, a… …
44upon a motor vehicle — Being in physical contact with the vehicle. Anno: 39 ALR2d 956. In physical contact with a motor vehicle, although not seated in the place provided for the seating of passengers. 29A Am J Rev ed his § 1241. In physical contact with the vehicle,… …
45embark upon — Synonyms and related words: accept, assume, attack, attempt, buckle to, come out, embark in, embark on, endeavor, engage in, enter, enter on, enter upon, fall into, fall to, get under way, go about, go at, go in for, go into, go upon, have at,… …
46To go upon — Go Go, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf …
47To enter on the boards — Board Board (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu baurd footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of …
48To set upon — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next… …
49come upon — verb 1. find unexpectedly (Freq. 10) the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb she struck a goldmine The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake • Syn: ↑fall upon, ↑strike, ↑light upon, ↑ …
50To break in upon — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. i. 1. To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder. [1913 Webster] 2. To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed… …
