JUMPING-OFF PLACE


Meaning of JUMPING-OFF PLACE in English

/jum"ping awf", -of"/

1. a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.

2. an out-of-the-way place; the farthest limit of anything settled or civilized.

[ 1820-30, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .