start out

VERB

depart

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon blast off disappear escape evacuate exit go pull out quit remove retire vacate withdraw

STRONG

abdicate absent decamp desert emigrate migrate part perish scram secede split start tergiversate troop vanish

WEAK

beat it cut and run cut out get away git go away go forth hit the bricks hit the road hit the trail make a break march out move on move out sally forth say goodbye set forth shove off slip away take leave

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come in continue enter fill occupy persevere remain stay

STRONG

combine come join

WEAK

keep to linger wait

VERB

set sail

Synonyms

WEAK

dive in go ahead set out

VERB

shove off

Synonyms

WEAK

blow clear out depart exit get off go go away pull out push off quit run along take off vamoose

Antonyms

WEAK

arrive come

VERB

strike out

Synonyms

WEAK

bear begin get under way head initiate light out make set out start take off

Antonyms

WEAK

remain stay

Example Sentences

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He began his financial journalism career at Fortune magazine, after starting out as a reporter-researcher at the New Republic in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new study shows that dark matter does not necessarily need to start out cold.

From Science Daily

Meanwhile, another insider told the BBC that Akhundzada, who had started out as a judge in the Taliban's Sharia courts of the 1990s, was becoming "even more rigid" in his religious beliefs.

From BBC

Back when he was starting out, Hummel said a transmission job could take him 15 to 20 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal

But avalanche snow, which can start out loose and fluffy, consolidates quickly, hardening like concrete.

From Los Angeles Times

start out

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