All break the ice synonyms

verb break the ice

• socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• break ground — to do something that has not been done before
• lead off — most important; principal; leading; first: lead editorial; lead elephant; lead designer.
• lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
• pave the way — be a pioneer
• take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
• get one's feet wet — to begin to participate in something