"running start" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: running starts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} running start (plural running starts)
  1. (sports) A start to a race in which a contestant is already at full speed before reaching the starting line or take-off point. Translations (sports: start to a race in which a contestant is already at full speed before reaching the starting line or take-off point): start z rozbiegu [inanimate, masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-running_start-en-noun-5aOnOyDR Categories (other): Sports, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 69 31 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'sports: start to a race in which a contestant is already at full speed before reaching the starting line or take-off point': 94 6
  2. (idiomatic) An initial advantage at the beginning of some action or pursuit; a head start. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-running_start-en-noun-3Pv6JlJz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: flying start, rolling start

Inflected forms

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