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Flying start   /flˈaɪɪŋ stɑrt/   Listen
Flying start

noun
1.
A racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line.  Synonym: running start.
2.
A quick and auspicious beginning.  Synonym: running start.






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"Flying start" Quotes from Famous Books



... until someone calls for an ambulance! By God! I think I'll do it anyhow!" exclaimed Jim with such evident intention that the Judge got from reach not an instant too soon, and, deciding that he might as well continue his progress after such a flying start, did not pause until he had reached the security of the hotel rotunda. Jim's first impulse had been to assist his departure with his boot, but after his leg had got half-way into the air he recovered his senses, and then angrily turned and walked ...
— Mixed Faces • Roy Norton



Words linked to "Flying start" :   start, racing start



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