POLE POSITION


Meaning of POLE POSITION in English

noun

[ U , C ] the leading position at the start of a race involving cars or bicycles

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WORD ORIGIN

1950s: from a 19th-cent. use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence.

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