start up

verb

1. to come or cause to come into being for the first time; originate
2. intr to spring or jump suddenly from a position or place
3. to set in or go into motion, activity, etc

   the orchestra started up

   he started up the engine

adjective

1. of or relating to input, usually financial, made to establish a new project or business

   a start-up mortgage

noun

1. a business enterprise that has been launched recently

Example Sentences

Who will start up front when Villa next play in the Champions League away to Club Brugge on 6 November?

From BBC

Harris’s commitment to continue supplying arms to Israel is a problem for two key segments of the Democratic base: Arab-Americans in the must-win state of Michigan, and young voters on campuses, where anti-war protests could start up again.

From BBC

The first delegation, led by Shigeyuki Hiroki, the Japanese ambassador in New York, began by offering to plant 500 cherry blossom trees, donate books to the local library and start up an exchange program with Japan.

From Los Angeles Times

He has a plan, of course: Sell the Davis team to local investors and start up a West Coast division of the Pioneer League.

From Los Angeles Times

Having managed to help them to vet school, she was inspired to start up Future Vets Scotland to help other parents and would-be vets navigate their way to that career.

From BBC