'start out' definitions:

Definition of 'start out'

From: WordNet
verb
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end, terminate]
verb
Leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off]