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start back

start back verb: to begin a return trip to a starting point.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To begin a return trip to a starting point.

Forms of start back

third-person singular presentstarts back
present participlestarting back
past participlestarted back
paststarted back

Questions about start back

What does start back mean?
Start back means to begin a return trip to a starting point.
What part of speech is start back?
Start back is a verb.
What is the past tense of start back?
The past tense of start back is started back.

Words near start back in the dictionary

  1. start a fresh hare
  2. start a hare
  3. start a hare running
  4. start afresh
  5. start and park
  6. start back
  7. start back in
  8. start back on
  9. Start button
  10. Start buttons
  11. start codon

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