Meaning of START UP
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- [v] get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
- [v] get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"
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| | Synonyms: | | commence, embark on, start, start |
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| | Antonyms: | | stop | | |
| | See Also: | | begin, crank, crank up, get going, go, hot-wire, inaugurate, jump, jumpstart, kick off, lead off, open, restart | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Start"-up`\, n.
1. One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. [Obs.]
--Shak.
2. A kind of high rustic shoe. [Obs.] --Drayton.
A startuppe, or clownish shoe. --Spenser.
\Start"-up`\, a.
Upstart. [R.] --Walpole.
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