Base verb
Phrasal verbs with start
The verb start combines with 3 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
3 phrasal verbs · 5 meanings
start off
1 sense- Begin a journey, conversation or process
start over
1 sense- Begin something again from the beginning
start up
3 senses- Begin operating, of an engine, machine or computer
- Establish a new business or organisation
- (of a sound, conversation or activity) suddenly begin
Practice the start family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of start with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.