PHRASAL VERBS WITH ‘START’: START OUT

Welcome back and happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. 

It's our last week of lessons for January, and January is the start of the year. To celebrate the beginning of 2020, and the start of a new decade, we are looking at Phrasal Verbs with START in them. We begin with the verb TO START OUT. 

Definition 1: to begin to do something, especially in business or work.

Example 1: She started out her legal career in 2000.

Definition 2: to have a particular intention when you begin something

Example 2: I started out to write a short story, but it soon developed into a novel.

Example 3: We didn’t start out to get married and have children, but we fell in love quickly. 

This phrasal verb is intransitive (it takes no object), so it is also inseparable.

That's it for today.

Join us tomorrow for another lesson with START! Have a great day.