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starts off

starts off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 starts off

What is starts off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Starts off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of start off.

Words near starts off in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starts 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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