jumping-off point
nounEtymology Includes a deverbal component from jump off.
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A starting point for a mission, adventure, investigation etc.
- Not far south of Keelung is the small inland town of Juifang, the jumping-off point for one of northern Taiwan’s most picturesque getaways.2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 171:
- St Davids is also the jumping-off point for the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, and to Exmouth as well as to Waterloo, all of which makes the station a busy location.2024 September 18, David Clough, “Riding the route of the 'Riviera Express'”, in RAIL, number 1018, page 39:
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- Morris's oeuvre gave Appelbaum a jumping-off point to explore the rich symbolism embedded in natural motifs, which he has developed and applied to tables, shelves, and more as part of a series titled Severe Optimism.2026 May 23, Hannah Martin, “The Naturalist”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 60: