get (one's) start (in something)
get (one's) start (in something)
To get one's first chance or opportunity to begin a career (in something). I got my start in publishing as an editorial assistant, and I just kept climbing the ranks from there. My father had a friend whose mother was a senator, she helped him get his start in politics.
See also: get, start
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get a start in (something)
- (one's) day in court
- at (one's) doorstep
- at doorstep
- at expense
- at somebody's expense
- at someone's expense
- at (one's) expense
- at the end of (one's) fingertips
- (from) top to toe