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Antonyms for running start
Grammar : Noun |
Definition of running start
- As in start : noun beginning
- As in flying start : noun quick beginning
- As in head start : noun advantage of early start
- I'll give you a running start—to the tree down there—and beat you.
- Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
- He had counted on a running start, and every week of delay was a vicious handicap.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
- But once we turned our backs for a running start they were at us again.
- Extract from : « Out Around Rigel » by Robert H. Wilson
- When finally Adna got to the bar he had lost some of his running start.
- Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
- He had entered the business eight years before with a running start, having been a successful dry goods merchant in Maine.
- Extract from : « Cyrus Hall McCormick » by Herbert Newton Casson
- The young man who begins his career with these facts in mind is given a running start over his competitors.
- Extract from : « Laugh and Live » by Douglas Fairbanks
- That may all be, said George slowly, but my running start wasnt much compared with the one you fellows had.
- Extract from : « The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House » by Ross Kay
- If you didnt get a running start I am wondering what time you would make if you had one.
- Extract from : « The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House » by Ross Kay
- Sometimes the rocks were far apart and my father had to get a running start and leap from one to the next.
- Extract from : « My Father's Dragon » by Ruth Stiles Gannett
- A gal that ken jump a six-rail fence—and wissout no running start—don't let her git apast you!
- Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) » by Various
Synonyms for running start
- alpha
- birth
- bow
- commencement
- countdown
- dawn
- dawning
- day one
- derivation
- embarkation
- exit
- first crack
- first step
- flying start
- foundation
- inauguration
- inception
- initiation
- jump-off
- kickoff
- leaving
- onset
- opening
- origin
- outset
- quick start
- running start
- setting out
- source
- spring
- square one
- start-off
- takeoff
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