start out

verb3

1. •
   To begin.

   • He started out writing for the school magazine, and now he's a TV talk show celebrity.
2. •
   To emerge suddenly; to jump out.
3. •
   To be or become conspicuous; to stand out.

   • I do not find that any particulars of this day's conversation start out. But it was in general most agreeable. — 1790