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head start

1. Sports A start before other contestants in a race.

2. An early start that confers an advantage.

head start

an initial advantage in a competitive situation

[originally referring to a horse's having its head in front of others at the start of a race]

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Noun

head start - the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race); "with an hour's start he will be hard to catch"

start

advantage, vantage - the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

head start

noun start, advantage, help, edge, upper hand A good education gives your child a head start in life.

Translations

head start n (Sport) (fig) to have a head start → partire avvantaggiato/a

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head start (redirected from Early Head Start)

head start
(redirected from Early Head Start)