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start over en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (US, ambitransitive, idiomatic) to begin again; to return to the beginning
   • The first step in my process of healing was to choose to let go and leave behind any encumbrances that would prevent me from starting over and moving ahead. 2012, Susan Miller, After the Boxes Are Unpacked:
   • I forgot to save my work, and I had to start over.
   • If every man in the heat falls down the first ten yards, don't stop your watch under the impression that they will "start over." They won't. 1885, “On Timing Races”, in Outing, volume 5, page 44:
   • He had to start the game over because he lost his memory card.
   • I have often heard of God referred to as the potter who gently and carefully shapes our character, but I am also aware that there are times when the potter mashes the clay and starts over. 2010, Kathy O'Keefe, Over His Rainbow: A Single Woman's Journey to God's Promise:
   • The typical business model relies on a line operating intensively from March or April through to September or October, before shutting down during the winter months - at which point essential repairs and maintenance can take place using income accrued during the busy summer months, ahead of the cycle starting over again. 2020 July 1, Daniel Puddicombe, “How can heritage lines recover from enforced closures?”, in Rail, page 30:

Forms

Translations (11)

tr baştan başlamak (begin again) · ru нача́ть за́ново (begin again) · es volver a empezar (begin again) · cs začít od začátku (begin again) · ru нача́ть с начала (begin again) · fr recommencer (begin again) · sv börja om (begin again) · fi aloittaa alusta (begin again) · it ricominciare da zero (begin again) · es empezar de cero (begin again) · cs začít znova (begin again)