Synonyms for Start something:

• v.

  • throw down the gauntlet
  • challenge
  ,
  • confront
  ,
  • contest
  ,
  • dare
  ,
  • defy
  ,
  • provoke
  .

• Other relevant words:

• ask for trouble
,
• call out
,
• called out
,
• calls out
,
• cross swards
,
• do it
,
• do something about it
,
• invite to debate
,
• knock chip off shoulder
,
• knock the chip off one's shoulder
,
• meet face to face
,
• stand to
,
• stand up to
,
• standing to
,
• stood up to
,
• throw down gauntlet
,
• throw down the gauntlet
.

What are the hypernyms for Start something?

• Other hypernyms:

  commence, initiate, instigate, launch.