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started up on

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

Meaning of start up on

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!

Questions about started up on

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

Words near started up on in the dictionary

  1. started on at
  2. started out
  3. started over
  4. started the ball rolling
  5. started up
  6. started up on
  7. started with a clean sheet
  8. started with a clean sheet of paper
  9. started with a clean slate
  10. starter
  11. starter batteries

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