embark on

to start or engage in a new career, project, venture, etc.

• He embarked on a new enterprise.
• I'm thinking of embarking on a new career.
• They embarked on the new project full of hope.
• At the age of fifty she embarked on a new career.
• He embarked on his marriage with many hopes and fears.
• He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.
• My uncle says he's about to embark on a new business venture.
• Chinese firms have embarked on a quest to conquer the world market.
• The old couple embarked on a tour around the world.
• Before embarking on this type of therapy, the wishes of the patient herself must be carefully taken into consideration.
• If God had consulted me before embarking on the creation of the planets, I would have suggested a simpler system.