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start out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb start out has 2 senses
- start out(v = verb.change) begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "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" Sample sentences:
- start out(v = verb.motion) depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, take off - leave; "The family took off for Florida" is one way to go away, go forth, leave
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sample sentence:
The children start out to the playground
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