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单词 start off
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start off

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verb (adverb)

(intr) to set out on a journey
to be or make the first step in an activity; initiatehe started the show off with a lively song
(tr) to cause (a person) to act or do something, such as to laugh, to tell stories, etc

Words nearby start off

startle, startle colour, startle epilepsy, startle reflex, startling, start off, start on, start out, start over, Star Trek, start something
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with start off

start off

1

Set out on a trip, as in We plan to start off in the morning. [Early 1800s] Also see start out.

2

start someone off. Cause someone to set out or to begin something, as in Mother packed their lunches and started them off, or Paul started them off on their multiplication tables. [Early 1700s] For start off on the right foot, see get off on the right foot.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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