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Verb: bestir oneself
  1. Start to be active or busy
    "bestir oneself, please!";
    - get cracking [informal], get going, get moving [informal], get weaving [informal], get started

Derived forms: bestirring oneself, bestirred oneself, bestirs oneself

Type of: begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out