start a family

idiom

: to begin having children
They want to start a family soon.

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Manny is trying to start a family with his girlfriend. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025 For the first time, Gaga, whose many years of queenly isolation led her fans to dub her Mother Monster—the patron misfit of the misfits—is publicly discussing a yearning to start a family, retreat from the grind, loosen her vise grip on persona. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025 Elizabeth Olsen doesn’t appreciate Alicia Vikander meddling in her plan to start a family in the trailer for the sci-fi feature The Assessment. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025 The future is also unclear for Jack Dutton (Darren Mann) and his partner, Elizabeth Strafford (Michelle Randolph), who never got the chance to wed and are desperate to start a family in the wake of a miscarriage. Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for start a family

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“Start a family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start%20a%20family. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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