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[jumping-off
place] {n. phr.} 1. A place so far away that it seemsto be the end of the world.
Columbus' sailors were afraid theywould arrive at the jumping-off place if
they sailed farther west.
So you visited Little America? That sounds like the
jumping-offplace!
2. The starting place of a long, hard trip or of
somethingdifficult or dangerous.
The jumping-off place for the explorer'strip
through the jungle was a little village.
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