jumping-off point

English

Etymology

Includes a deverbal component from jump off.

Noun

jumping-off point (plural jumping-off points)

1. A starting point for a mission, adventure, investigation etc.

   Synonym: jumping-off place

   • 2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides)‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 171:

     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.

   • 2024 September 18, David Clough, “Riding the route of the 'Riviera Express'”, in RAIL, number 1018, page 39:

     St Davids is also the jumping-off point for the Tarka Line to Barnstaple, and to Exmouth as well as to Waterloo, all of which makes the station a busy location.