English

Verb

start up ‎(third-person singular simple present starts up, present participle starting up, simple past and past participle started up)

1. (intransitive) To rise suddenly.

   He started up when he heard the scream.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To begin to operate.

   The four of them started up a law practice.

   The engine started up right away.

3. (intransitive, colloquial) To begin.

   They started up playing.

Quotations

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Translations

Anagrams

• upstart