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START OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Example:
Let's get down to work now
Synonyms:
begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Verb group:
begin (begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "start out"):
recommence (begin again)
strike out (set out on a course of action)
fall (begin vigorously)
jump off (set off quickly, usually with success)
get to (arrive at the point of)
auspicate (commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck)
attack (set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task)
break in (start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role)
launch; plunge (begin with vigor)
come on (occur or become available)
embark; enter (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study))
bestir oneself; get cracking; get going; get moving; get rolling; get started; get weaving (start to be active)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sense 2
Meaning:
Leave
Example:
The family took off for Florida
Synonyms:
depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "start out" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "start out"):
lift off; take off (depart from the ground)
roar off (leave)
blaze; blaze out (move rapidly and as if blazing)
sally forth; sally out (set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children start out to the playground
