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get started en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
   • Come on guys, settle down, it's time to get started
2. (transitive) To begin (an activity or event); to get something to start.
   • Get the car started and then we can set off.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause (someone) to start talking about something in length.
   • He is also an avid photographer and falconer. Don't get him started talking about his birds because he won't stop for a while. 2015, A. J. Marcus, Grizzly Discovery:

Forms

Translations (20)

pl zapoczątkowywać się (1. (intransitive) to begin) · pl rozpocząć się (1. (intransitive) to begin) · pl rozpoczynać (2. (''transitive'') to begin) · pl zacząć się (1. (intransitive) to begin) · pl zapoczątkować (2. (''transitive'') to begin) · pl zaczynać (2. (''transitive'') to begin) · es ponerse en marcha (1. (intransitive) to begin) · pl uruchomić (3. cause someone to start talking in length) · pl zaczynać się (1. (intransitive) to begin) · es dar cuerda (3. cause someone to start talking in length) · fr lancer (3. cause someone to start talking in length) · pl rozpocząć (2. (''transitive'') to begin) · pl zacząć (2. (''transitive'') to begin) · pl rozpoczynać się (1. (intransitive) to begin) · pl zapoczątkować się (1. (intransitive) to begin) · fi aloittaa (3. cause someone to start talking in length) · pl uruchamiać (3. cause someone to start talking in length) · pl zapoczątkowywać (2. (''transitive'') to begin) · pt começar (3. cause someone to start talking in length) · es poner en marcha (2. (''transitive'') to begin)