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starting gate
noun as in starting post
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In short, I feel put on the spot, and come up lame right out of the starting-gate.
Kerrey hasn't exactly blasted his way out of the starting gate.
Our seats afforded a fine view of the 20 3-year-olds breaking from the starting gate.
Through a maze of heat, a half-mile distant, at the starting-gate, little spots of color moved in impatient circles.
I patted Tapwater's flank, and so help me Newton, I think that one gentle tap pushed the colt half way to the starting gate!
Then, amid a murmur of excitement, the starting-gate went up, and the horses were off.
He drilled every last one of his two-year-olds till the starting gate was no more to them than so much steel and wood and webbing.
So, perfectly calm and very much bored, he danced to the starting-gate on the chestnut filly.
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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to starting gate, such as: control gate, and open gate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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