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jump-off point

jump-off point is the alternative form of jumping-off point.

Meaning of jumping-off point

Noun

jumping-off point (plural jumping-off points)

  1. A starting point for a mission, adventure, investigation etc.
    • Not far south of Keelung is the small inland town of Juifang, the jumping-off point for one of northern Taiwan’s most picturesque getaways.2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 171

Forms of jump-off point

pluraljump-off points

Questions about jump-off point

What is jump-off point the alternative form of?
Jump-off point is the alternative form of jumping-off point.

Words near jump-off point in the dictionary

  1. jump'n'runs
  2. jump-cut
  3. jump-cuts
  4. jump-cutting
  5. jump-off
  6. jump-off point
  7. jump-offs
  8. jump-rope
  9. jump-ropes
  10. jump-scare
  11. jump-scares

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