Thesaurus / jumping off place
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synonyms for jumping off place
- hick town
- jerkwater town
- jumping-off place
- one-gas-station town
- one stoplight town
- tank town
- whistlestop
- wide place in the road
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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jumping off place, such as: beginning of venture, beginning point, jumping-off point, springboard, starting blocks, and starting gate.
How to use jumping off place in a sentence
One of the women of the party exclaimed, when she first saw it, "Have we come to the jumping-off place at last?"
OX-TEAM DAYS ON THE OREGON TRAILEZRA MEEKERLiverpool Street, as the jumping-off place for East Anglia, has a soothing power of its own.
NON-COMBATANTS AND OTHERSROSE MACAULAYAbud was just a little way behind, bellowing exultantly, when we came to the jumping-off place.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, JULY, 1931VARIOUSYour Ladyship must remember that this is only the first stage on the journey, the jumping-off place as you called it.
A HONEYMOON IN SPACEGEORGE GRIFFITHSecondly, it was very generally realised that Faloo was the last station, the jumping-off place.
THE EXILES OF FALOOBARRY PAINBut that was over now, and Casa Grande will no longer be the jumping-off place of civilization, the dot on the wilderness.
THE PRAIRIE WIFEARTHUR STRINGERLemuel was to see if there was any wine in the damned jumping-off place; and when would they all go to Atlantic?
THE HAPPY ENDJOSEPH HERGESHEIMERHere at the edge of the woods, at the jumping-off place, the forest sets out its grim exhibits and mutely calls, “Beware!”
KING SPRUCE, A NOVELHOLMAN DAYOf course, all Barton is fully acquainted with the fact that he was born in the north of Vermont, at "the jumping-off place."
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 17, NO. 104, JUNE, 1866VARIOUSI would have no jumping-off place, in order to get me back to New York for the busy season.
POLLY'S SOUTHERN CRUISELILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY