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starting back on

starting back on is the present participle and gerund 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 starting back on

What is starting back on the present participle and gerund of?
Starting back on is the present participle and gerund of start back on.

Words near starting back on in the dictionary

  1. starting a hare
  2. starting a hare running
  3. starting afresh
  4. starting back
  5. starting back in
  6. starting back on
  7. starting bar
  8. starting bars
  9. starting berth
  10. starting berths
  11. starting block

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starting 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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