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Phrase(s): start someone out (as something)
Go to start someone in (as something)., 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?, 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