a variation of the
phrase set the wheels in
motion, which means "to
cause an activity to make forward progress or plans to go into
effect." The wheels of a
machine are the parts which
drive it or
set it into
motion. Thus, in figurative
use, wheels means "the essential parts of something
thought of as resembling a
machine" or "the moving,
animating or propelling agencies or powers of something," as in "the wheels of
government."
a variation of the
phrase set the wheels in
motion, which means "to
cause an activity to make forward progress or plans to go into
effect."