Expression: Star me up

[Dark Magician]

Hi, My teachers :)

today I listen this expression ( star me up)

could you tell me what meaning is this expression , please?

regards
Mba
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[Yankee]

Hi Mba :D

What was the context? Are you sure it was 'star' and not 'start'? (The Rolling Stones had a song called 'Start Me Up'...)

Amy
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[Tamara]

Hmm.

I know the expression stare me down :) :oops:

May be 'stare me up' can also make some sense? :)

(Just a thought. And a question :))
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[Yankee]

Hi Tamara

Mba said he "listened"... I think it would be difficutlt to hear 'star' instead of 'stare'. (The two words sound quite different.)

As to your question, yes, I've heard the expression 'stare someone down' but I've never heard it with the word 'up'. :lol:

Amy
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[Tamara]

Hi Amy

To me, they are even more 'close'.

stare (st?r) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stare
star (st?r) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/star

It's not too difficutltltlt to mix them up...

Whereas start always requires to pronounce t (even though some :) people prefer missing [r] in all these cases :))
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[Dark Magician]

Hi, Amy

yes, Amy you are right :oops: ...

I heard it from Onetv



Tamara
Thanks my real friend
Now I have new expression stare me down

Thanks a lot Tamara :wink:
PS. you and Amy good friends and Teacher here :D


Mba
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[Yankee]

Hi Mba

Is that just an advertisement for the TV station? "Start me up" could mean "Turn me on" in the context. The word 'me' would then refer to the TV station.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/start+up

Hi Tamara