flying start
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sailboat races, where the ships should be 'flying' under full sail as they cross the starting line.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
flying start (plural flying starts)
- (idiomatic) An especially good start.
- The new restaurant got off to a flying start, packing out every night.
- 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record[1]:
- And six minutes in they should have got off to a flying start. Aluko caused the damage. The winger slipped away from Ledley then stood up a cross to the back post which seemed perfect for Lee Wallace charging in.
- The start of a sports event in which the competitors are moving when they pass the starting line or initial jump point.
Translations[edit]
an especially good start
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “flying start” (US) / “flying start” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “flying start”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “a flying start” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.