Meaning

1 senses

  1. To rise suddenly, to spring

Examples

6 sentences

  1. That's big talk for an upstart like you.

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  2. We cannot let these upstarts push us around.

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  3. We can't let these upstarts push us around.

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  4. The upstart tried to pass for a man of culture.

    ruВыскочка пытался сойти за высококультурного человека. — Ooneykcall

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  5. The nobility stay noble in poverty, while the upstarts show no dignity.

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Origin

From Middle English upstarten, upsterten, equivalent to up- + start.

From Middle English upstarten, upsterten, equivalent to up- + start.

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Forms

upstarts, upstarting, upstarted, upstarted
Base formupstart · to upstart
3rd person singularupstarts
Present participleupstarting
Past simpleupstarted
Past participleupstarted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyupstart
he, she, itupstarts

Past simpleLesson

all personsupstarted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave upstarted
he, she, ithas upstarted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill upstart

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upsideupstairsB1upstateupstream

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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