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

Example sentences :

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

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