start on

phrasal verb

started on; starting on; starts on

: to begin doing (something)

Did you start on your homework yet?

: to cause (someone) to start doing or using (something)

The doctor started him on a treatment with antibiotics.

When should we start the baby on solid food?

Examples of start on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The second-phase inauguration, delayed by months by weather issues and a simultaneous FPL project to bury high-tension power lines along the Metrorail route, comes as construction has already started on The Underline’s third and final section. —

Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024 The story about parents who ignored their son's cries for help and bought him a gun started on Nov. 26, 2021, at an Oxford gun store. —

Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2024 Although those who had already started on puberty blockers and hormones prior to the law were allowed to continue. —

Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 19 Apr. 2024 After hours of interrogations that started on Dec. 11, 2020, Lori Ackerman confessed to killing her fiance at their home in Smithville. —

Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024 Ford will notify owners by mail starting on May 13, according to the NHTSA posting. —

Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2024 In Spain, around 12,000 bottles of the sauce will be available nationally at 120 El Corte Inglés department stores, with some online giveaways, starting on April 25. —

Kate Krader, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024 The eclipse will start on Mexico's Pacific coast at just after 11 a.m. PDT before traveling across the U.S. and into Canada. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024 In fact, their romance first started on the basketball court. —

Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024

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