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starting over

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

Meaning of start over

Verb

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

  1. (US, ambitransitive, idiomatic) to begin again; to return to the beginning
    • I forgot to save my work, and I had to start over.

Questions about starting over

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

Words near starting over in the dictionary

  1. starting off
  2. starting off on the wrong foot
  3. starting on
  4. starting on at
  5. starting out
  6. starting over
  7. starting pistol
  8. starting pistols
  9. starting pitcher
  10. starting pitchers
  11. starting point

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