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started back on

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

Meaning of start back on

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To resume talking about a topic, most often in an argument, criticism or interrogation; to resume nagging or complaining about a topic.
    • Oh, don't start back on that!

Questions about started back on

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

Words near started back on in the dictionary

  1. started a hare
  2. started a hare running
  3. started afresh
  4. started back
  5. started back in
  6. started back on
  7. started in
  8. started in on
  9. started into
  10. started off
  11. started off on the wrong foot

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