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starting blocks

NOUN

jumping-off place

Synonyms

WEAK

beginning of venture beginning point jumping-off point springboard starting gate starting line starting post

Example Sentences

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For me, the characters are all at the starting blocks, but the gun to start the race hasn’t fired yet.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

So - which parts of Team GB triumphed, and which struggled to get off the starting blocks?

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

Washington state has taken a big step in the right direction, but we’ve only just left the starting blocks.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Britain and the euro zone out of the starting blocks already.

From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2023

And yet he walks along the track, and then...he gets down in the starting blocks.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen