starting : Idioms & Phrases

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Starting bar

  • (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the values in starting an engine.
Webster 1913

Starting hole

  • a loophole; evasion. Obs.
Webster 1913

Starting point

  • noun earliest limiting point
    terminus a quo.
WordNet
  • the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts.
Webster 1913

Starting post

  • noun a post marking the starting point of a race (especially a horse race)
WordNet
  • a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race.
Webster 1913