Start out meaning
Start out is a phrasal verb that means to begin life or a career in a stated way or position.
- Past simple
- started out
- Past participle
- started out
- -ing form
- starting out
What start out means
C1
To begin life or a career in a stated way or position
She started out as a laboratory technician.
Similar phrasal verbs
With start: start off, start up, start again, start on, start on at, start over.
With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.
Common questions
What does start out mean?
To begin life or a career in a stated way or position.
What is the past tense of start out?
Started out, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
