start onsomething
phrasal verbwithstartverbuk/stɑːt/us/stɑːrt/
tostarttodealwith something, or tostartto use something:
I'm just about tostarton thecleaning.
When didyourbabystartonsolidfood?
- I'm about tostarton thecooking.
- Have youstartedon thepackingyet?
- Ithoughtwe'd havelunchbeforestartingon thecleaning.
- I haven'tevenstartedon thepainting.
- We'deatenourmaincourseand were about tostarton thedessert.
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- export
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- takesomethingup
- the ground floor