start out Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
    begin; get; set about; start; set out; get down; commence.
    • 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 work now
  2. verb leave
    depart; set forth; set off; start; part; set out; take off.
    • The family took off for Florida

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