start out

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start out - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  start out
      v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We
           began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as
           soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to
           arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's
           get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get,
           start out, start, set about, set out, commence]
           [ant: end, terminate]
      2: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart,
         part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set   out
         , take off]