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jumping-off place
[ juhm-ping-awf, -of ]
noun
- a place for use as a starting point:
Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
- an out-of-the-way place; the farthest limit of anything settled or civilized.
jumping-off place
noun
- a starting point, as in an enterprise
- a final or extreme condition
- a place where one leaves civilization to go into the wilderness
- a very remote spot
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jumping-off place1
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Example Sentences
While recommendations, reviews, and ratings are an excellent jumping-off place, never forget the value of trying a game out for yourself!
One of the women of the party exclaimed, when she first saw it, "Have we come to the jumping-off place at last?"
Liverpool Street, as the jumping-off place for East Anglia, has a soothing power of its own.
Abud was just a little way behind, bellowing exultantly, when we came to the jumping-off place.
Your Ladyship must remember that this is only the first stage on the journey, the jumping-off place as you called it.
Secondly, it was very generally realised that Faloo was the last station, the jumping-off place.
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