"jumping-off point" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Includes a deverbal component from jump off.",
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      "form": "jumping-off points",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →OCLC, page 171",
          "text": "Not far south of Keelung is the small inland town of Juifang, the jumping-off point for one of northern Taiwan’s most picturesque getaways.",
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        "A starting point for a mission, adventure, investigation etc."
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        {
          "word": "jumping-off place"
        }
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  "word": "jumping-off point"
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      "form": "jumping-off points",
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  "pos": "noun",
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