jumping-off point

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jumping-off point - a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"

point of departure, springboard

commencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

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