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started off

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

Meaning of start off

Verb

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

  1. To begin.
    • She started off with a lullaby.
  2. To set out on a trip.
    • They started off on horseback.
  3. To instigate someone to laugh or cry or to begin talking about something they often talk about.
    • Don't start him off about that again.

Questions about started off

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

Words near started off in the dictionary

  1. started back in
  2. started back on
  3. started in
  4. started in on
  5. started into
  6. started off
  7. started off on the wrong foot
  8. started on
  9. started on at
  10. started out
  11. started over

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