to bring a business, organization, or project into existence
to switch on a machine or engine, especially a motor vehicle
She got into the car and started up the engine.
She left the company last year to start up her own business.
The Agency helps over 1,000 firms start up each year.
To do this he starts up his very own totalitarian regime in the classroom.
`We will be practicing emergency start-up procedures for the next hour.
starts up
starting up
started up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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