start (sth) off
— phrasal verb with start uk/stɑːt/us/stɑːrt/verb
B1 to begin by doing something, or to make something begin by doing something:
She started off the meeting with the monthly sales report.
I'd like to start off by thanking you all for coming today.
More examples
- I'm going to start off by introducing two new members of staff.
- He started off by summarizing Martin's sales report.
- He started off as a children's entertainer.
- I started off my career in a small company in Birmingham.
- I started off the day well enough but I'm beginning to droop.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush of idiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- break into sth
- export
- go ahead
- ground
- incipient
- initiator
- instate
- introduce
- kick
- kick-start
- strike
- touch sth off
- train
- trigger
- wade in
- weave
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