point of departure

Noun
  1. A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched (synset 108525855)
    "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco"
    is a type of: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source - the place where something begins, where it springs into being
    same as: jumping-off place
  2. A beginning from which an enterprise is launched (synset 100237061)
    "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"
    is a type of: beginning, commencement, start - the act of starting something
    same as: jumping-off point, springboard

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