false start

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a false start

a failed attempt to begin an activity or event. After a false start when he left his first job after only a week, he was offered some modelling work.

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"I wouldn't have this double handicap make a false start to-night for a million," he said. The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context In the meantime, here is another false start, and more waste of good writing-paper. The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context She made a false start with the Wilcoxes, and she'll be as willing as we are to have nothing more to do with them. Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context More results

References in classic literature

"I wouldn't have this double handicap make a false start to-night for a million," he said.

The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context

In the meantime, here is another false start, and more waste of good writing-paper.

The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context

She made a false start with the Wilcoxes, and she'll be as willing as we are to have nothing more to do with them.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

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