start up

British  

verb

1. to come or cause to come into being for the first time; originate

2. (intr) to spring or jump suddenly from a position or place

3. to set in or go into motion, activity, etc

   he started up the engine

   the orchestra started up

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adjective

1. of or relating to input, usually financial, made to establish a new project or business

   a start-up mortgage

noun

1. a business enterprise that has been launched recently

start up Idioms  

1. Begin to operate, especially a machine or engine, as in Start up the motor so we can get going . [First half of 1900s]

2. Move suddenly or begin an activity, as in When the alarm rang I started up . [Early 1200s]

3. Organize a new enterprise, as in Starting up a business requires considerable capital . [Second half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

And after she came back to California and got married, she and her husband, the Rindge ranch foreman, started up a Guernsey milk business that became one of the biggest dairy operations in the world.

From Los Angeles Times

Ford is working to overhaul its manufacturing system and, by next year, start up a new type of factory line that churns out $30,000 electric trucks.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you think you’re going to want to come back to the U.S. at some point, when your medical needs are more critical, you can’t just start up Part B whenever you’d like.

From MarketWatch

It has started up the initial stage of a large-scale battery at the Eraring plant, and wholly owns a grid-scale battery that is being built next to the Mortlake Power Station in Victoria state.

From The Wall Street Journal

They left Marco and Pet, and started up a long, twisting driveway to a farmhouse overlooking the enclosures and buildings.

From Literature