Meaning

2 senses
  1. (figuratively)To begin to eat.

    I'm so hungry, I want to start into that pizza right now!

  2. (figuratively)To begin to argue with, nag or criticize somebody, especially when as part of a pattern of criticism along similar lines.

Examples

50 sentences
  1. I'll start looking into that tomorrow.

    ruИзучу это завтра.

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  2. Tom started putting things into the box.

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  3. The police started to look into the murder case.

    ruПолиция начала расследовать дело об убийстве.

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  4. As soon as the concert was over, people started pouring out into the street.

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  5. Mary started digging into her purse to find her keys.

    deMaria fing auf der Suche nach ihren Schlüsseln an, ihre Handtasche zu durchwühlen.

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Forms

starts into, starting into, started into, started into
Base formstart into · to start into
3rd person singularstarts into
Present participlestarting into
Past simplestarted into
Past participlestarted into

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystart into
he, she, itstarts into

Past simpleLesson

all personsstarted into

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave started into
he, she, ithas started into

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill start into

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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