- jumping-off place
- noun Date: 1826 1. a remote or isolated place 2. a place or point from which an enterprise, investigation, or discussion is launched — called also jumping-off point
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
jumping-off place
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jumping-off place — {n. phr.} 1. A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world. * /Columbus sailors were afraid they would arrive at the jumping off place if they sailed farther west./ * /So you visited Little America? That sounds like the jumping off … Dictionary of American idioms
jumping-off place — {n. phr.} 1. A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world. * /Columbus sailors were afraid they would arrive at the jumping off place if they sailed farther west./ * /So you visited Little America? That sounds like the jumping off … Dictionary of American idioms
jumping-off\ place — n. phr. 1. A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world. Columbus sailors were afraid they would arrive at the jumping off place if they sailed farther west. So you visited Little America? that sounds like the jumping off place! 2 … Словарь американских идиом
jumping-off place — /jum ping awf , of / 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. [1820 30, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
jumping off place — Synonyms and related words: China, Darkest Africa, God knows where, Greenland, North Pole, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, Siberia, South Pole, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, Ultima Thule, Yukon, antipodes, bitter end, bottom… … Moby Thesaurus
jumping-off point — jumping off ,point or ,jumping off ,place noun singular 1. ) the place where a trip begins 2. ) the first step in a project or activity … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
jumping-off point — N SING A jumping off point or a jumping off place is a place, situation, or occasion which you use as the starting point for something. Lectoure is a bustling market town and the best jumping off point for a first visit to Le Gers. Syn:… … English dictionary
jumping-off point — noun see jumping off place … New Collegiate Dictionary
jumping-off point — jumping off .point n a place to start from, especially at the beginning of a journey … Dictionary of contemporary English
stepping-off place — /step ing awf , of /. See jumping off place (def. 2). [1890 95] * * * … Universalium
