Jumping-off Place (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The small town on the edge of the desert was the perfect jumping-off place for our road trip to explore the American Southwest.
- The company's new office in Shanghai will serve as a jumping-off place for its expansion into the Asian market.
- After months of planning, we finally found a suitable jumping-off place to launch our startup, a small incubator space in downtown Brooklyn.
- The mountain resort town was a popular jumping-off place for hikers and skiers looking to explore the surrounding wilderness.
- The port city was a major jumping-off place for trade and commerce in the region, with cargo ships arriving and departing daily.