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start out

verb

  1. to set out on a journey

  2. to take the first steps, as in life, one's career, etc

    he started out as a salesman

  3. to take the first actions in an activity in a particular way or specified aim

    they started out wanting a house, but eventually bought a flat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Set out on a trip, as in The climbers started out from base camp shortly after mid-night. [Early 1900s]
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"When I started out, I had no idea what I was going to find," she said.

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"When I started out, I had no idea what I was going to find."

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Her over-romanticized vision of life across the pond, fueled by love stories like “Sense and Sensibility” set in pastoral England, starts out more bedraggled than charmed.

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Sphere started out as a place for classic rock acts to come rejuvenate themselves.

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KERNVILLE, Calif. — It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip on the North Fork of the Kern River.

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