be off to a false start Idiom

a fresh start

starting again, a new life In Canada, you will have a fresh start. You can begin a new life.

a head start

a chance to start ahead of the other runners etc. Give the smallest runner a head start. He can't run very fast.

by fits and starts

irregularly, with many stops and starts By fits and starts the company was finally able to begin business.

fits and starts

moving unevenly, stop and go The new crew worked in fits and starts, not at a steady pace.

fresh start

(See a fresh start)

get off to a good start

begin with success, start with confidence In Math 201, it's important to get off to a good start.

head start

to leave or start something before others They left early in order to get a head start on the trip.

jump start

use cables to start a car, kick start One cold morning my dad helped me to jump start my car.

kick start

use battery cables to start a car, jump start The battery was dead so we got a tow truck to kick start our car.

off to a bad start

not a good start, a poor beginning The class got off to a bad start because the teacher was sick.

be off to a apocryphal start

To accomplish a failed, impaired, or arrested alpha at something. Taken from racing, back a actor begins afore the starting arresting has been given. The baby nation has been off to a few apocryphal starts back accepting independence, but it is now starting to acquisition some bread-and-butter and political stability. We knew the aggregation was off to a apocryphal start, but, unfortunately, there was no way to put things on authority already the auto were in motion.Learn more: false, off, start

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off the kitchen etc. off the mark off the record off the shelf off the top of my head off the top of one off the wagon off the wall off to a bad start off to a good start off to the races off topic off with off with you off your high horse off your rocker offbeat be off (one's) food be off (one's) guard be off (one's) nut be off (one's) rocker be off (one's) trolley be off base be off beam be off feed be off for (something) be off for sth be off like a prom dress (in May) be off sick be off the (starting) blocks be off the beaten path be off the beaten track be off the danger list be off the grid be off the ground be off the hook be off the mark be off the radar be off the rails be off the reservation be off the table be off the wall be off to a false start be off to the races be off with you be off your food be off-color be off-kilter be OK be on be on (one) be on (one's) (own) head be on (one's) ass be on (one's) back be on (one's) best behavior be on (one's) case be on (one's) conscience be on (one's) game be on (one's) good behavior be on (one's) high horse be on (one's) last legs be on (one's) mettle be on (one's) pat be on (one's) Pat Malone be on (one's) say-so be on (one's) shit list be on (one's) shoulder be on (one's) side

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