start on

British

verb

informal (intr, preposition) to pick a quarrel with (someone)

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"I don't want to be naive," said Schomaker of the headwinds surrounding the biennial negotiations on protecting the natural world that start on October 19 in Yerevan, Armenia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

If Sale starts Sunday, he also could start on traditional rest in a potential Game 5.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

He is scheduled to start on Nov. 1.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The accounts may give kids an early start on building wealth and could help with a more tax-efficient retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

They’d have no other way to start it save to push it and they couldnt get it fast enough to start on that slope.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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