jumping-off place

Definitions of jumping-off place
  1. noun
    a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
    “one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him”
    synonyms: point of departure
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    beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
    the place where something begins, where it springs into being
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