don't start

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   used to tell sb not to complain or be critical

In the movies · 17

• -Eddie, don't start. -They don't.Spider-Man: No Way Home2021
• - I suck dick for money. - Boy, don't start!American Beauty1999
• - Don't start! - Listen, listen!A Star Is Born2018
• Don't even start. Don't start, don't start.Boyhood2014
• Andrew, don't start.Knock at the Cabin2023
• Don't. Don't start.Men in Black: International2019
• Don't start being silly.In Bruges2008
• Please don't start.Eraser1996

Learn it in full scenes

• American Beauty1999
  • Brad Warns Lester to Save His Job
  • The Burnhams' Cold Dinner
  • Jim and Jim Welcome the Fitts
• A Star Is Born2018
  • Jack Crashes the Drag Bar
  • Jackson Meets Ally at the Drag Bar
  • Jackson Tells Ally She's Talented

From the same entry

• get started
• you, he, she, started it
• to start with
• alarm bells ring ringing
• get the ball rolling
• get off on the right foot
• start back
• start off
• start off
• start on
• start on at

More reactions

• save your breath
• deal with it
• don't you dare
• look what you did
• stay out of it
• you got a problem with that
• you're lying
• nice try
• don't make a scene
• is this a joke
• i've had enough
• what's it to you