jumping-off point

English

Etymology

Includes a deverbal component from jump off.

Noun

jumping-off point (plural jumping-off points)

  1. A starting point for a mission, adventure, investigation etc.
    Synonym: jumping-off place
    • 2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides)‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 171:
      Not far south of Keelung is the small inland town of Juifang, the jumping-off point for one of northern Taiwan’s most picturesque getaways.
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