start in on
Example Sentences
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Stop down for a 20-minute meditation break I’ll usually meditate for a second time before I start in on cooking or whatever the evening’s activities are going to be.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
Clemente said another batch of students will start in on the collection when classes resume this fall.
From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2019
“But Kaitlyn, I’m reading 5,000 words of your diary right now. How can you even start in on this guy for lacking self-awareness?” you might say.
From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2017
Once you’ve solved it, sign up for Slate Plus—now at a special low anniversary price—and start in on this week’s crossword, Kameron Austin Collins’ “AVCX Themeless No. 9.”
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2016
Inevitably, she would start in on a story about the boys.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.