2018年6月四级阅读中关于高等教育作业收费系统的文章：

She didn't hand in her first two assignments for chemistry, which started her out in the class with a failing grade.

字典中start out意思是开始，出发等等。但是没有start sb out的用法。单看start，韦氏高阶字典有使（某人）以…方式开始的意思，例句The company started him at the same salary he had been getting at his previous job.与上句十分接近。我的问题是，如果是这种解释，四级阅读里的这个句子start作使（某人）以…方式的意思，这里的"方式"这个意思用了副词out +两个介词词组in the class 和with a failing grade三个部分来组合表达。可以这样不用起连接作用的词简单罗列吗？感觉有点冗长。或者start sb out有别的解释？