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false start
noun
The starting of a race before being signaled to do so.
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"false start" is a correct and usable expression in written English.
It is usually used to refer to a situation where someone makes a mistake when trying to do something or begins something, only to stop and start again. For example: "The actor forgot his lines and had to make a false start before he got them right."
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A false start.
"How about that false start?" Hardee said.
Microsoft has already had a false start.
There was another false start at midweek.
It sounded like a false start.
"False start, offensive line," he announced.
But there was a brief false start.
Similar(4)
Two false-start penalties stymied the Buckeyes' opening drive.
Surely the one false-start rule seems crazy to Bolt?
In November, the visiting Giants had 11 false-start penalties.
The Redskins began with a false-start penalty.
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