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☆ jumping-off· place (jum′piŋ ôf′)

  1. any isolated or remote place regarded as the outmost limit of human habitation
  2. the starting point for a trip or venture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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