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started a hare

started a hare is the simple past and past participle of start a hare.

Meaning of start a hare

Verb

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

  1. (UK, dated) To introduce a conversational topic.

Questions about started a hare

What is started a hare the simple past and past participle of?
Started a hare is the simple past and past participle of start a hare.

Words near started a hare in the dictionary

  1. startbox
  2. startboxes
  3. started
  4. started a family
  5. started a fresh hare
  6. started a hare
  7. started a hare running
  8. started afresh
  9. started back
  10. started back in
  11. started back on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: started a hare (page history and authors); start a hare (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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