start up

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   to begin working, happening, etc.; to make sth do this

2. Editorial27% of films

   a newly founded business, or money, loans, or culture connected with founding one

In the movies · 30

• He's trying to start up Goofball.Inside Out2015
• You're starting again. You're starting up again.The King of Comedy1982
• If I could just get it to start up againBumblebee2018
• Start it up.Battlestar Galactica: The Plan2009
• Yeah, it's a start-up.Daddy Day Care2003
• Start it up.Wreck-It Ralph2012
• But I think it will start up right away again.American Movie1999
• Don'’t start... throttling up.Top Gun: Maverick2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Inside Out2015
  • Broccoli on the Pizza
  • Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory
  • Riley Introduces Herself and Cries
• The King of Comedy1982
  • Rupert Pupkin Pitches Jerry in the Car
  • Rupert Pitches His Act to Jerry
  • Rupert Rehearses Taking Over the Show
• Wreck-It Ralph2012
  • Ralph's Opening Monologue
  • Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon
  • Ralph Crashes the Anniversary Party

From the same entry

• don't start
• 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

More phrasal verbs

• face up to
• go over
• go along with
• catch on
• come in
• fool around
• come out
• go against
• keep out
• mess around
• go on doing
• stick up for