OUTSET
NOUNS
► JUMP-OUT the outset, the beginning → 20C Aust. sl.
► OFF-GANG a commencement, start, outset → 1881 Eng. dial.
► OFF-GO start, beginning, outset, commencement → 1886 Sc.
► OFF-GOING a commencement, start, outset → 1885 Sc.
► OFF-SET a commencement, start, outset → 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OFF-START a commencement, start, beginning, outset → 1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► OUTSETTING beginning, the act of setting out or starting on a journey, course of action, undertaking, etc.; a start, an outset → a1698
► OUTSTART the outset → 1906 Amer. dial.