jumping-off place meaning

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jumping-off place (noun): a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched.

Definition of jumping-off place

  1. a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
    • one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him
    • my point of departure was San Francisco

    Synonyms: point of departure

    Type of: beginning

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