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false start

–noun

1.	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.

2.	a failure to begin an undertaking successfully.

[Origin: 1805–15

]

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–verb (used without object) Sports.

to leave the starting line or position too early and thereby necessitate repeating the signal to begin a race.

[Origin: 1805–15

]

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false start
n.

An illegal racing start in which one of the competitors begins moving before the starting signal.
A misguided or unsuccessful attempt to begin something.

false'-start' (fôls'stärt') v.

in a race, a start which is declared not valid and therefore has to be repeated

Arabic:	بِدايَة كاذِبَه أو غَير مَقْبولَه
Chinese (Simplified):	错误的起步
Chinese (Traditional):	錯誤的起步
Czech:	neplatný, *špatný start
Danish:	tyvstart
Dutch:	valse start
Estonian:	valelähe
Finnish:	vilppilähtö
French:	faux départ
German:	der Fehlstart
Greek:	άκυρη εκκίνηση (σε αγώνα στίβου)
Hungarian:	hibás rajt
Icelandic:	þjófstart
Indonesian:	start gagal
Italian:	partenza falsa*

Japanese:	フライング
Latvian:	priekšlaicīgs starts
Lithuanian:	pirmalaikis, *netaisyklingas startas
Norwegian:	tyvstart
Polish:	falstart
Portuguese (Brazil):	largada anulada
Portuguese (Portugal):	falsa partida
Romanian:	start greşit
Russian:	фальстарт
Slovak:	neplatný štart
Slovenian:	neveljaven start
Spanish:	salida nula
Swedish:	felstart, tjuvstart
Turkish:	hatalı çıkış