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starting off

starting off is the present participle and gerund 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 starting off

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

Words near starting off in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starting 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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