start up
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[edit]start up (third-person singular simple present starts up, present participle starting up, simple past and past participle started up)
The sound of a car engine starting up
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- (intransitive) To rise suddenly.
- He started up when he heard the scream.
- (transitive) To commence the operation of; to activate; to launch.
- The four of them started up a law practice.
- (intransitive) To begin to operate.
- The engine started up right away.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To begin.
- The band started up playing.
Quotations
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Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to rise suddenly
to begin to operate