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jumping-off point

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Noun1.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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A house's roof served as a jumping-off point (literally).
Biennale de la Danse by Looseleaf, Victoria / Dance Magazine
The lessons for this day reflect those themes and serve as the jumping-off point for the third and final part of the Advent/Christmas/Epiphany cycle.
The Epiphany of Our Lord: January 6, 2007 by Bouman, Luke L. / Currents in Theology and Mission
``Jason's one of the superstars of tomorrow, there's no question about it -- he's at that jumping-off point right now,'' said Milt Larsen, The Magic Castle's founder and a lifelong practitioner of the art.
A WORLD SLEIGHT-OF-HAND CHAMP WHO'S HEAVY ON AMBITION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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