a false start

a failed attempt to begin an activity or event

Usage notes: In a race, a false start is when one person starts before the signal has been given.

After a false start when he left his first job after only a week, he was offered some modelling work.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Konani	-	Hawaiian
Brice	[brais]
Doug	DUG	English
Carney	['ka:ni]
Ercanbald	-	Ancient Germanic
Augusta	ow-GUWS-tah (German, Polish), ow-GOOS-tah (Italian), ə-GUS-tə (English)	German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman