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start a family

start a family verb: to conceive one's first child.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To conceive one's first child

Forms of start a family

third-person singular presentstarts a family
present participlestarting a family
past participlestarted a family
paststarted a family

Questions about start a family

What does start a family mean?
Start a family means to conceive one's first child.
What part of speech is start a family?
Start a family is a verb.
What is the past tense of start a family?
The past tense of start a family is started a family.

Words near start a family in the dictionary

  1. starstones
  2. starstruck
  3. starstudded
  4. starstuff
  5. start
  6. start a family
  7. start a fresh hare
  8. start a hare
  9. start a hare running
  10. start afresh
  11. start and park

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