go about
• begin or carry on with an activity.
• "you are going about this in the wrong way"
Similar:
set about,
begin,
embark on,
make a start on,
start,
address oneself to,
get down to,
get to work on,
get going on,
undertake,
approach,
tackle,
attack,
get cracking on/with,
commence,
• change to an opposite tack.
• "the yacht went about, and away towards France again"