start out

start out
    v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We
         began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as
         soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to
         arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's
         get down to work now" [syn: {get down}, {begin}, {get},
         {start out}, {start}, {set about}, {set out}, {commence}]
         [ant: {end}, {terminate}]
    2: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: {depart},
       {part}, {start}, {start out}, {set forth}, {set off}, {set
       out}, {take off}]