start over

verb

started over; starting over; starts over

chiefly US

1

: to begin doing something again

I'm sorry, but you'll have to start over (again).

She saw her divorce as an opportunity to start (her life) over.

2

: to begin to happen again

In the spring, the eggs hatch, and the cycle starts (all) over (again).

Examples of start over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With Ride or Die, Evan strips away all expectations and aims to start over and present an unfiltered side of himself. — Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026

How could this require further explanation, let alone starting over from the beginning? — Ben Lerner, New Yorker, 21 June 2026

The 40-year-old Florida real estate investor went missing while attempting to start over in Madrid in February 2024. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026

The saying couldn’t be more true for a Knicks team prone to slow starts over each of their past two seasons, a theme underscoring their play through the first three games of the 2026 NBA Finals — against the best first-quarter team in the playoffs in the San Antonio Spurs. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026

Rhymes for start over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover