start up

See also: start-up and startup

English

Verb

start up (third-person singular simple present starts up, present participle starting up, simple past and past participle started up)

Examples

The sound of a car engine starting up

(file)

(intransitive) To rise suddenly.
He started up when he heard the scream.
(transitive, intransitive) To begin to operate.
The four of them started up a law practice.

The engine started up right away.
(intransitive, colloquial) To begin.
They started up playing.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:start up.

Translations

to appear suddenly

German: auftauchen (de)

Russian: вывалиться (ru) (vyvalitʹsja), взя́ться (ru) (vzjátʹsja), вынырнуть (ru) (vynyrnutʹ), заявиться (ru) (zajavitʹsja), нагрянуть (ru) (nagrjanutʹ)

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