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starting in

starting in is the present participle and gerund of start in.

Meaning of start in

Verb

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

  1. (US, informal, intransitive) To begin (to do something); to get started.
    • When she starts in about her teas, she just won't stop for hours!
    Synonyms:
    start out

Questions about starting in

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

Words near starting in in the dictionary

  1. starting guns
  2. starting handle
  3. starting handles
  4. starting hole
  5. starting holes
  6. starting in
  7. starting in on
  8. starting into
  9. starting lineup
  10. starting lineups
  11. starting off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starting in (page history and authors); start in (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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