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start out

  1. begin, phrasal
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Wiktionary

verb

  1. To emerge suddenly; to jump out.
  2. To be or become conspicuous; to stand out.

    “I do not find that any particulars of this day's conversation start out. But it was in general most agreeable.”

  3. To begin.

    “He started out writing for the school magazine, and now he's a TV talk show celebrity.”

    “It would also form part of a new carriage design, which had started out on Swindon drawing office easels two years earlier.”