start sb off
— phrasal verb with start uk/stɑːt/us/stɑːrt/verb
to help someone to start an activity, especially a piece of work:
I'll start her off on some fairly basic stuff and see how she gets on.
to make someone start to laugh, cry, or talk about something that they talk about often:
I could see Emma trying not to laugh and of course that started me off.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Helping and co-operating
- a good/bad turn idiom
- abet
- aid
- assist
- assistance
- avail
- bridge
- facilitate
- give sb a leg up idiom
- give/lend sb a helping hand idiom
- go a long way toward(s) doing sth idiom
- hang
- platform
- reach
- relief
- run errands idiom
- scene
- see sb through sth
- share a platform idiom
- succour
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