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start something



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Idioms and Phrases

Cause trouble, especially a quarrel or fight, as in Stop bringing that up—do you want to start something ? [ Colloquial ; early 1900s]
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“Your note was so sweet, honey, but I want you to be sure of your feelings, or I wouldn’t want to start something we couldn’t finish. You are a very lovely and desirable woman, honey, and I want you very much.”

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"It is my first tattoo, I'm just getting a wee clover to start. Something small."

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He'll start something and then he'll be like, "Oh, I wish you had been a part of it."

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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.

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There’s definitely a sense that she’s about to start something.

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