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starting up on

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

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

Words near starting up on in the dictionary

  1. starting signals
  2. starting the ball rolling
  3. starting time
  4. starting times
  5. starting up
  6. starting up on
  7. starting with a clean sheet
  8. starting with a clean sheet of paper
  9. starting with a clean slate
  10. startingly
  11. startings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starting 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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