jumping-off point

Noun

Meaning

a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

Source: WordNet

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beginning start commencement

he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own Source: Internet

reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions Source: Internet

the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out Source: Internet