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English Dictionary: jumping-off point by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jumping-off point
n
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure
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