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start up on

start up on verb: to begin again at criticizing (someone or something).

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To begin again at criticizing (someone or something).
    • Don't start up on me about that again!

Forms of start up on

third-person singular presentstarts up on
present participlestarting up on
past participlestarted up on
paststarted up on

Questions about start up on

What does start up on mean?
Start up on means to begin again at criticizing (someone or something).
What part of speech is start up on?
Start up on is a verb.
What is the past tense of start up on?
The past tense of start up on is started up on.

Words near start up on in the dictionary

  1. Start Point
  2. start the ball rolling
  3. start time
  4. start times
  5. start up
  6. start up on
  7. start with a clean sheet
  8. start with a clean sheet of paper
  9. start with a clean slate
  10. start-up
  11. start-ups

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