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Start out
Answer for the clue "Start out ", 7 letters:
set off
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
verbal phrase; see set (v.) + off (adv.). From 1590s as "make prominent by contrast," 1610s as "adorn." Intransitive sense of "start on a journey" is from 1774. Meaning "separate from contect" (in typography) is from 1824; sense of "ignite, discharge, cause ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context idiomatic intransitive English) To leave; to begin a journey or trip. 2 (context idiomatic transitive English) To begin; to cause; to initiate. 3 (context idiomatic transitive English) To cause to explode. 4 (context idiomatic transitive ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip , actuate , trigger , activate , spark off , spark , trigger off , touch off ] leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart , part , start , start out , set ...