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flying start
noun
- a start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line.
- a start or beginning of anything, characterized by the participant's vigor and enthusiasm and sometimes by a certain advantage over competitors:
She's off to a flying start in her new job.
flying start
noun
- Also called (informal)flyer (in sprinting) a start by a competitor anticipating the starting signal
- a start to a race or time trial in which the competitor is already travelling at speed as he passes the starting line
- any promising beginning
- an initial advantage over others
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flying start1
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Idioms and Phrases
see under get off the ground .Discover More
Example Sentences
PEN week got off to a flying start with the opening celebration of the sixth PEN World Voices Festival.
He retorted with a fling at the green costume of the other, and then the bugle sounded for the flying start.
As is well known, aeroplanes need a sort of flying start in order to become effective.
The latter had got away with a flying start, however, and her writhing body plugged the only means of escape.
Hating to play the rôle of an eavesdropper any longer than necessary he made a flying start and burst into the room.
Thus it enjoys the benefit of a flying start, but, notwithstanding this, it generally fails to make a catch.
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