start up

start up
verb
1. get going or set in motion (Freq. 2)
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We simply could not start the engine

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start up the computer

Syn: ↑start
Ant: ↑stop (for: ↑start)
Derivationally related forms: ↑startup
Hyponyms:
Cause: ↑start, ↑go, ↑get going
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. get off the ground
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Who started this company?

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We embarked on an exciting enterprise

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I start my day with a good breakfast

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We began the new semester

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The afternoon session begins at 4 PM

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The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack

Syn: ↑start, ↑embark on, ↑commence
Derivationally related forms: ↑commencement (for: ↑commence), ↑startup, ↑start (for: ↑start)
Hypernyms: ↑begin, ↑lead off, ↑start, ↑commence
Hyponyms: ↑inaugurate, ↑kick off, ↑open
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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start up [phrasal verb]
1 : to begin to happen or exist

New businesses are starting up all over the state.

The rain started up again.

2 start up or start (something) up or start up (something) : to begin to function or to make (something) begin to function

The car/engine won't start up.

He started the lawn mower up.

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Main Entry:start

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ˌstart ˈup | ˌstart sthˈup derived
to begin working, happening, etc; to make sth do this

I heard his car start up.

Start up the engines!

see also start-up
Main entry:startderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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