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"start off promising" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means to begin with potential or showing signs of success. Example: The new restaurant started off promising with a full house on opening night, but unfortunately, their service and food quality went downhill quickly.
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Things start off promising.
Eisenbach analyzed several tracks, observing that some songs "start off promising" only to result in "uninspired, generic hooks," while other songs struggle with their musical direction.
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It all starts off promising.
The north-south thoroughfare starts off promising enough, bisecting the pastoral Sepulveda Wildlife Basin and Woodley Creek.
The parents usually start off these cases promising to be adults, but that doesn't last once the lawyers get involved".
But the coalition-building didn't start off on a promising note.
Miller starts off with a promising line: "Feminism has fizzled, its promise only half-fulfilled".
The weekend started off as a promising one for the Bulldogs, as they quickly jumped ahead in Friday's game, scoring four goals in the first period.
Krablr started off as a promising real-time crab pricing engine for amateur fishermen.
Brunch started off on a promising note with refreshing pomegranate lemonade.
What had started off as a promising new chapter in Senate-CIA relations quickly turned sour: According to Udall, Brennan rescinded on his earlier promises to meet with panel staff about the torture study.
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