start(something)off
phrasal verbwithstartverbuk/stɑːt/us/stɑːrt/
B1
tobeginby doing something, or to make somethingbeginby doing something:
Shestartedoff themeetingwith themonthlysalesreport.
I'd like tostartoff bythankingyou all for coming today.
- I'm going tostartoff byintroducingtwo newmembersofstaff.
- Hestartedoff bysummarizingMartin'ssalesreport.
- Hestartedoff as a children'sentertainer.
- Istartedoff mycareerin asmallcompanyin Birmingham.
- Istartedoff thedaywell enough but I'mbeginningtodroop.
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- export
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- takesomethingup
- the ground floor