launch pad
nounUK /ˈlɔːntʃ.pæd/ · US /ˈlɑntʃ.pæd/
1
The surface or structure from which a launch is made.
2
Figuratively A starting point.
- Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate:
- Related terms
- launch, launch center, launch centre, launch complex, launcher, launch site, launch vehicle, pad