starting gate
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noun
any of various types of movable barriers for lining up and giving an equal start to the entries in a horse or dog race.
Origin:
1895–1900
1895–1900
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| starting gate | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a movable barrier so placed on the starting line of a racecourse that the raising of it releases all the contestants simultaneously |
| 2. | the US name for starting stalls |
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Starting gate
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Example sentences
And our partnership is bursting out of the starting gate with several new weapons to curb this deadly epidemic.
The track is groomed and watered, and has a starting gate.
Everyone is running out of the starting gate with their green idea without cradle to grave calculations.
The field was backed out of their stalls and the starting gate was moved to free the downed horse.
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