| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷- noun
1.
a. : a place regarded as marking the farthest limit of civilization : a remote or isolated place
b. : the end or edge of the world
seemed suddenly to be at the end of the world, the jumping-off place — National Geographic
2. : a place from which some enterprise is launched : a point of departure
a jumping-off place for the conquest of the rest of Europe — P.E.Mosely
a jumping-off place for reflection — Maurice Valency