start off from some place
start off from some place
to begin a journey from some place. (The emphasis is on the inception of the journey.) We will start off from Detroit and drive to Chicago. He started off from work rather than home.
See also: off, place, start
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (I've) got to take off
- be off for (something)
- be off for sth
- (Now) where was I?
- be well off for (something)
- be well off for something
- be off with you
- break off
- base off (of) (something else)
- bounce off the walls