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jumping-off place

[ juhm-ping-awf, -of ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a place for use as a starting point:
Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
an out-of-the-way place; the farthest limit of anything settled or civilized.

jumping-off place

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

One of the women of the party exclaimed, when she first saw it, "Have we come to the jumping-off place at last?"

Liverpool Street, as the jumping-off place for East Anglia, has a soothing power of its own.

Abud was just a little way behind, bellowing exultantly, when we came to the jumping-off place.

Your Ladyship must remember that this is only the first stage on the journey, the jumping-off place as you called it.

Secondly, it was very generally realised that Faloo was the last station, the jumping-off place.

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