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How to pronounce jumping-off place in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms point of departure
Type of beginning, origin, root, rootage, source


one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him.

Examples of jumping-off place

jumping-off place
It's natural to use your friends and family as your networking jumping-off place.
From the cnn.com
Rainbow Beach is also the jumping off place for 4WDs barging to Fraser Island.
From the nzherald.co.nz
They think of Madrid as a jumping-off place because their plane lands here.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It's the jumping-off place for a young settler who left home to become an American icon.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Micklavzina uses the reports as a jumping off place in his lectures.
From the sciencedaily.com
This is the jumping-off place to float the popular 11-mile stretch to Glenwood Springs, manageable at all water levels.
From the denverpost.com
It was also the jumping off place for my 2,000 mile trip around the country by Jeep, horseback and the occasional plane.
From the theatlantic.com
In some accounts, according to Craig, Pulotu is a jumping-off place of spirits on their way to the underworld.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If you can, retreat to a place where you can blow off some steam by doing a few jumping jacks, sit-ups, push-ups or stair sprints.
From the orlandosentinel.com