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jumping-off place
jump·ing-off place (jŭm′pĭng-ôf′, -ŏf′)n.1. A beginning point for a journey or venture.2. A very remote spot.jumping-off place or jumping-off pointn1. a starting point, as in an enterprise2. a final or extreme condition3. Canadian a place where one leaves civilization to go into the wilderness4. US a very remote spotjump′ing-off′ place`
n. 1. a place used as a starting point, as for a trip or enterprise. 2. an out-of-the-way place; the farthest limit of anything settled or civilized. Also called jump′ing-off′ point`. [1820–30] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | jumping-off place - 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"point of departureorigin, source, root, rootage, beginning - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" |
Translationsjumping-off place
jumping-off place1. The point at which something begins. I know you're unhappy with their offer, so just consider it a jumping-off place and come up with a counteroffer.2. A very distant location, possibly the farthest possible one. I know where the explorers on that expedition started, but what was their jumping-off place?See also: place jumping-off place 1. A starting point for a journey or venture, as in This tiny village is the jumping-off place for our trek into the desert. This usage probably alludes to jumping into the water. [Early 1800s] 2. A very remote spot; also, the last place to be reached. For example, This was the jumping-off point for the first gold miners in Alaska. [Early 1800s] See also: placejumping-off place
Synonyms for jumping-off placenoun a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launchedSynonymsRelated Words- origin
- source
- root
- rootage
- beginning
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