JUMPING-OFF POINT
\d͡ʒˈʌmpɪŋˈɒf pˈɔ͡ɪnt], \dʒˈʌmpɪŋˈɒf pˈɔɪnt], \dʒ_ˈʌ_m_p_ɪ_ŋ_ˈɒ_f p_ˈɔɪ_n_t]\
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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".
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a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco"
By Princeton University
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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