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JUMPING-OFF PLACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
Example:
my point of departure was San Francisco
Synonyms:
jumping-off place; point of departure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("jumping-off place" is a kind of...):
beginning; origin; root; rootage; source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)
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