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jumping-off place

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jumping-off place

  [juhm-ping-awf, -of]
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–noun
1. a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
2. an out-of-the-way place; the farthest limit of anything settled or civilized.
Origin:
1820–30, Americanism
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jump·ing-off place   (jŭm'pĭng-ôf', -ŏf')
n.  

  1. A beginning point for a journey or venture.

  2. A very remote spot.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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