start something
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"People don't dare to start something because it's expensive, and a lot of banks are reluctant to loan money to set up a proper business," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
Maybe I thought he’d be a better version of himself, and we could start something anew?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
He'll start something and then he'll be like, "Oh, I wish you had been a part of it."
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024
With the cancer diagnosis giving Jane a new "focus", she found a group of similar families nearby - many old school friends of Ellie's - who were looking to start something called a housing cooperative.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
“This dam, this conservancy district has the farmers down there on pins and needles. Arresting Joe Mondragon for a symbolic act like this could start something nasty.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
