LEARNit Dictionary

start off

phrasal verb
1
to begin to move
به راه افتادن, حرکت کردن, شروع به حرکت کردن, آغاز به حرکت کردن, راه افتادن, براه افتادن
2
to begin happening; to begin doing something
آغاز کردن, شروع کردن, آغاز شدن, شروع شدن, شروع به انجام دادن
The discussion started off mildly enough.
3
to begin by doing or being something
آغاز کردن, شروع کردن, شروع به کار کردن
Let's start off with some gentle exercises.
We started off by introducing ourselves.
We'll start off by doing some warm-up exercises.
The leaves start off green but turn red later.
I started off working quite hard, but it didn't last.
4
to begin doing something; to make something begin
شروع کردن, آغاز نمودن, آغاز کردن, شروع به کار کردن, آغاز به کار کردن
Let's start off the discussion by defining what we mean by ‘software architecture’.
How are we going to start everything off?
5
to make somebody begin doing something
شروع کردن, آغاز کردن, کاری را شروع کردن, فعالیت را آغاز کردن, شروع به انجام دادن کاری کردن
What started her off on that crazy idea?
Don't say anything to her—you'll start her off again .
Kevin started us all off laughing.
6
to help somebody begin doing something
کمک به شروع
My mother started me off on the piano when I was three.
His father started him off farming.