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) Template:examples-right

1. (intransitive) To rise suddenly.

   He started up when he heard the scream.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To begin to operate.

   The four of them started up a law practice.

   The engine started up right away.

3. (intransitive, colloquial) To begin.

   They started up playing.

Quotations

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Translations

to appear suddenly

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

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