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Set out on a trip, as in The climbers started out from base camp shortly after midnight. [Early 1900s]
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): start someone out (as something) Go to start someone in (as something).
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): start out (on something) to begin something, such as a trip, a career, an investigation, etc. • When we started out on this investigation, I never dreamed we would uncover so much. • What time did you start out this morning?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): start out to begin. • Whenever you are ready, we will start out. • We can’t start out until Tom is here.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs