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start off

verb

intr to set out on a journey
to be or make the first step in an activity; initiate
he started the show off with a lively song
tr to cause (a person) to act or do something, such as to laugh, to tell stories, etc

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"We could start off simply with protein-enhanced mashed potatoes on to more complex foods which we could put together in space," he tells me.

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Someone is AirDropping her messages that start off just strange and then escalate to threatening, instructing her to kill her date or — if she refuses, signals for help, or leaves the high-rise Chicago restaurant they're in for any amount of time — her son and sister will be killed.

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Symptoms—prolonged cough, chest pain, weakness, fever—may start off mild.

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The week will start off with frosty nights and around average daytime high temperatures.

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When you start off, you take the obvious road.

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