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Phrasal Verbs / PHRASA~1

Start out start out & starts out starting out started out started out

1. start out p.v. When you begin something, you start out. Start out is used to discuss how the end of something was different from its beginning.

The stock market started out in positive territory but closed 200 points lower.

Nancy started out as a secretary, thinking she might have a future with this company, but she doesn't feel that way anymore.