false-start

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Definitions of false-start word

verb without object false-start to leave the starting line or position too early and thereby necessitate repeating the signal to begin a race. 1
noun false-start Sports. a premature start by one or more of the contestants, as in a swimming or track event, necessitating calling the field back to start again. 1
noun false-start a failure to begin an undertaking successfully. 1

before 1805

One of the 41% newest English words

First recorded in 1805-15

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