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running start

noun as in flying start

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quick start

noun as in head start

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first crack

noun as in start

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She hopes that the city will invest in more long-term solutions to help local entrepreneurs get a running start.

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Taking a running start, I scrambled up the trunk of a giant oak.

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The bank targeted this month so the new CEO could get a "running start" to begin in January, he said.

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Woods, of Auburn, Illinois, took a running start and tackled the Reuters cameraman “like an NFL linebacker hunting a quarterback after an interception,” federal prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

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He got a running start and timed his rush perfectly just as the ball was snapped.

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