jumping-off point
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Includes a deverbal component from jump off.
Noun
[edit]jumping-off point (plural jumping-off points)
- A starting point for a mission, adventure, investigation etc.
- Synonym: jumping-off place
- 2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides)[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 171:
- 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.