start off
verb- To begin. · She started off with a lullaby.
- To set out on a trip. · They started off on horseback.
- To instigate someone to laugh or cry or to begin talking about something they often talk about. · Don't start him off about that again.
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Marilla had seen Anne start off to school on the first day of September with many secret misgivings.
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