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Meanings of jumping-off point in English

A beginning from which an enterprise is launched.

Synonyms
Examples for "springboard"
Examples for "springboard"
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Many refugees attempt to use Turkey as a springboard into wealthier Europe.
Reuters
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Jessica watched them come, saw them use the crowd as a springboard.
The Winds of Dune
3
Overall Stockdale had a very good day, the ideal springboard for Paris.
Independent.ie
4
Think of London as your springboard to the rest of the continent.
News.com.au
5
Tatum will be hoping China can be a springboard to something similar.
The Guardian
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He did indicate, though, that his point of departure had been Cuba.
Cat’s Cradle
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The one who is on the point of departure is a saint.
Les Misérables
3
Our time will become the point of departure of a new art.
Arachne — Volume 06
4
When he was on the point of departure, Pauline said to him:
The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
5
From this point of departure, it was not difficult to elaborate the story.
Animal Farm
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