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started back

started back is the simple past and past participle of start back.

Meaning of start back

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.

Questions about started back

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

Words near started back in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: started back (page history and authors); start back (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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