| jumping-off place or jumping-off point | |
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| 1. | a starting point, as in an enterprise |
| 2. | a final or extreme condition |
| 3. | (Canadian) a place where one leaves civilization to go into the wilderness |
| 4. | (US) a very remote spot |
| jumping-off point or jumping-off point | |
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| jumping-off point | |
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| a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out" [syn: springboard] |