jumping-off

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• jumping-off — adj. Jumping off is used with these nouns: ↑point …   Collocations dictionary

• jumping-off place — {n. phr.} 1. A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world. * /Columbus sailors were afraid they would arrive at the jumping off place if they sailed farther west./ * /So you visited Little America? That sounds like the jumping off …   Dictionary of American idioms

• jumping-off place — {n. phr.} 1. A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world. * /Columbus sailors were afraid they would arrive at the jumping off place if they sailed farther west./ * /So you visited Little America? That sounds like the jumping off …   Dictionary of American idioms

• jumping-off point — jumping off ,point or ,jumping off ,place noun singular 1. ) the place where a trip begins 2. ) the first step in a project or activity …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• jumping-off place — jumping off point UK / US or jumping off place UK / US noun [singular] 1) the place where a journey begins 2) the first step in a project or activity …   English dictionary

• jumping-off point — UK / US or jumping off place UK / US noun [singular] 1) the place where a journey begins 2) the first step in a project or activity …   English dictionary

• jumping-off point — jumping off .point n a place to start from, especially at the beginning of a journey …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• jumping-off place — ☆ jumping off place [jum′piŋ ôf′ ] n. 1. any isolated or remote place regarded as the outmost limit of human habitation 2. the starting point for a trip or venture …   English World dictionary

• jumping-off point — noun a beginning from which an enterprise is launched he uses other people s ideas as a springboard for his own reality provides the jumping off point for his illusions the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution… …   Useful english dictionary

• jumping-off place — noun 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 • Syn: ↑point of departure • Hypernyms: ↑beginning,… …   Useful english dictionary

• jumping-off\ place — n. phr. 1. A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world. Columbus sailors were afraid they would arrive at the jumping off place if they sailed farther west. So you visited Little America? that sounds like the jumping off place! 2 …   Словарь американских идиом