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Meanings of jumping-off point in English

A beginning from which an enterprise is launched.

Usage of jumping-off point in English
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My previous experience with the space-time anomaly gave me a jumping-off point.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
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And so this off-season would appear to be the perfect jumping-off point.
The Guardian
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But the film serves only as a jumping-off point for the musical.
Reuters
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From this jumping-off point, everything that could possibly go wrong, of course, does.
Reuters
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It is already a prime jumping-off point for Africa's economic migrants.
The Guardian
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The battered women's shelter in West Jordan was my jumping-off point.
Escape
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O'Malley used that 1990 race for the Maryland state Senate as a jumping-off point.
The Guardian
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Several said they traveled to Brazil as a jumping-off point.
Reuters
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Just telling the awful story is like a jumping-off point.'
The Guardian
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It's a great guidebook and a great jumping-off point.
Reuters
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Any genre, any film, any book can be the jumping-off point for amazing creative work.
Gunn's golden rules
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He had bundled up the two kits and dumped them secretly in the jumping-off point.
King Rat
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One-underers tended to be quite predictable when it came to choosing their jumping-off point into oblivion.
Broken Homes
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Pete braced his hand on the desk and knew this was the jumping-off point for him.
Stolen heat
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It was unlikely ever to be known for anything but its utility as a jumping-off point.
Surrender to the will of the night
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With that jumping-off point, the movie certainly was capable of standing on its own two Blahniks.
Reuters