Began and Finish

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Finish is an antonym for began in topics: start, come into being.

Finish verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.

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Began is an antonym for finish.

Nearby Words: finished, finis, finishing, finisher

You began reading this three days ago and when you finish you believe it is still the same day as the day you began.

Source: Just For Fun / You Know You Read Too Much TV Tropes When...
Rita was actually skilled before her looping began, but it was the looping that enabled her to figure out how to finish off a Mimic troop.

Source: Light Novel / All You Need Is Kill
Renowned computer expert Donald Knuth began work on The Art of Computer Programming in 1962, expecting to finish later that year.

Source: Schedule Slip / Other

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