Textual thesaurus for "start up"

(verb) embark on, commence, start

get off the ground

Who started this company?; We embarked on an exciting enterprise; I start my day with a good breakfast; We began the new semester; The afternoon session begins at 4 PM; The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack

(verb) start

get going or set in motion

We simply could not start the engine; start up the computer