flying start
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nounDefinition of FLYING START
1
: a start in racing in which the participants are already moving when they cross the starting line or receive the starting signal
2
: a favorable start of something
See Examples of FLYING START
- The meeting got off to a flying start.
- The restaurant made a flying start by filling up on opening night.
First Known Use of FLYING START
1851
Rhymes with FLYING START
à la carte, anti-art, applecart, beauty part, bleeding heart, Bonaparte, counterpart, egg and dart, fall apart, for one's part, heart-to-heart, Liddell Hart, lose one's heart, martial art, mini-mart, on one's part, open-heart, plastic art, poles apart, purpleheart, Purple Heart, running start, set apart, take apart, underpart, upperpart
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