Sources say that the governor has 'set the wheels in motion' for a run for the presidency. [=the governor has started to run for president]
They will be taking steps to 'set/put' the divorce proceedings 'in motion'. [=to begin the divorce proceedings]
She made a 'motion' that the meeting (should) be adjourned. = She made a 'motion' to adjourn (the meeting).
(..) straight to her heart, but she's got a breastplate. You've got to pierce through that. You gotta bring the needle down in a stabbing motion. I gotta stab her three times? No! You don't gotta stab her three times. Just once. But hard enough to get through her breastplate into her heart. (..)1994 Pulp Fiction