End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Get started is an antonym for end.
Get started
Get started verb - Start to be active.
Both terms in one sentence
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When talking about how certain rumours get started, the Doctor mentions never hearing the end of it after taking two princes to see the Eiffel Tower, possibly alluding to the Princes in the Tower.
Source: Magazine / Doctor Who Magazine -
Dad gets enjoyment out of mundane activities, Mom is constantly driven to wit's end, and let's not get started on Calvin.
Source: Comic Strip / Calvin and Hobbes - When Poppet meets him at the end though, she kisses him on the cheek and helps him get started on a new project.
Source: Surprisingly Happy Ending
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