start a family

idiom

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

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The couple, who had married in 2021, wanted to start a family. Emily Palmer, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024 Deep in the woods of upstate New York, one T4T couple confirms their desire to start a family through an extraterrestrial encounter. As Told To James Factora, Them, 10 Oct. 2024 Women have the right to make their own decisions about their bodies and when and how to start a family. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024 Women both here in North Carolina and across the country overwhelmingly believe personal medical decisions like when or how to start a family should be made by women and their doctors, free from the interference of politicians. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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