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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When I started out, the size of the balkanized art community was small.

From Los Angeles Times

I didn’t start out to write a newspaper novel.

From Salon

“It started out as two trams and a Quonset hut on Lankershim Boulevard,” Stein told The Times in a 2023 interview.

From Los Angeles Times

I appreciate that stat because when I started out in management a million years ago, I worked off the basis that a clean sheet was worth twice as much as scoring a goal.

From BBC

“He started out in our cat room with our larger cat cages, but he was so big that he barely had room to move around,” Young said.

From Washington Post

start out

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