Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - jumping-off place
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Jumping-off place
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
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1. ам. граница цивилизованного мира, "край света" 2. положение, из которого нет выхода to reach the jumping-off place in one's work —- зайти в тупик в работе 3. плацдарм, исходное положение для наступления ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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{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. The starting place of a long, hard trip or of something difficult or dangerous. * /The jumping-off place for the explorer's trip through the jungle was a little village./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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