start out

  • 1start out — {v.} 1. To begin to go somewhere. * /Bill started out for school on his bicycle./ * /Art started out on a voyage around the world./ Compare: SET OUT. 2. To begin a career or life. * /Harry started out as an errand boy in a business office./ * /We …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2start out — {v.} 1. To begin to go somewhere. * /Bill started out for school on his bicycle./ * /Art started out on a voyage around the world./ Compare: SET OUT. 2. To begin a career or life. * /Harry started out as an errand boy in a business office./ * /We …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3start out — start, begin, leave on a journey    Fill the tank with gas and check the oil before you start out …

    English idioms

  • 4start out (or up) — embark on a venture or undertaking. → start …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 5start out — ► start out (or up) embark on a venture or undertaking. Main Entry: ↑start …

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  • 6start out — index arise (originate), depart, embark Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7start out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms start out : present tense I/you/we/they start out he/she/it starts out present participle starting out past tense started out past participle started out 1) a) to begin as one thing and develop into… …

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  • 8start out — verb 1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action (Freq. 7) We began working at dawn Who will start? Get working as soon as the sun rises! The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia He began early in the day Let s get down to… …

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  • 9start\ out — v 1. To begin to go somewhere. Bill started out for school on his bicycle. Art started out on a voyage around the world. Compare: set out 2. To begin a career or life. Harry started out as an errand boy in a business office. We all start out in… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 10start out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone or something starts out as a particular thing, they are that thing at the beginning although they change later. [V P as n] Daly was a fast talking Irish American who had started out as a salesman... [V P as n] What… …

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