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starts up on

starts up on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 starts up on

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

Words near starts up on in the dictionary

  1. starts on at
  2. starts out
  3. starts over
  4. starts the ball rolling
  5. starts up
  6. starts up on
  7. starts with a clean sheet
  8. starts with a clean sheet of paper
  9. starts with a clean slate
  10. startscum
  11. startscummed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starts 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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