upstart
/ˈʌp.stɑɹt/ verb C2- To rise suddenly, to spring
He/she/it upstarts · Past upstarted · Past participle upstarted · -ing form upstarting
Verb forms
- Base form
- upstart
- He/she/it
- upstarts
- Past
- upstarted
- Past participle
- upstarted
- -ing form
- upstarting
From the library
They are destined for each other by the voice of every member of their respective houses; and what is to divide them?--the upstart pretensions of a young woman without family, connections, or fortune!
You would be no longer a lost child found, but you would be looked upon as an upstart, who had sprung up like a mushroom in the night.
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