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start up

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
start someone up (in something)
to help someone get a start in some enterprise. My uncle started me up in business. I started up my niece in the candy business.
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start something up

to start something, such as a car or some procedure. (Also without up.) It was cold, but I managed to start up the car without any difficulty. We can't start the project up until we have more money.
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start up

to begin; to begin running, as with an engine. The car started up without a problem. The engines of the plane started up one by one.
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