running start

a running start

1. Literally, in sports, a start to a race in which one is already at full speed by the time one reaches the starting line. To make things more fair, we're going to give your little sister a running start.

2. By extension, an initial advantage, benefit or auspicious position at the beginning or outset of some action, endeavor, or undertaking. John's company's been given a bit of a running start since his father decided to invest so much money into it. I'm glad I kept up with my studies over the summer because I'll to be off to a running start when school starts back up.

running start

An initial advantage, as in His background in biochemistry gave him a running start in the field of genetics. This expression alludes to track events such as the running broad jump, in which one begins moving before reaching the actual take-off point. [1920s] Also see under get off the ground.

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释义	running start a running start 1. Literally, in sports, a start to a race in which one is already at full speed by the time one reaches the starting line. To make things more fair, we're going to give your little sister a running start. 2. By extension, an initial advantage, benefit or auspicious position at the beginning or outset of some action, endeavor, or undertaking. John's company's been given a bit of a running start since his father decided to invest so much money into it. I'm glad I kept up with my studies over the summer because I'll to be off to a running start when school starts back up. See also: running, start Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. running start An initial advantage, as in His background in biochemistry gave him a running start in the field of genetics. This expression alludes to track events such as the running broad jump, in which one begins moving before reaching the actual take-off point. [1920s] Also see under get off the ground. See also: running, start The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: cooking for one drive (one) out of office force (one) out of office force out of office give (one) (one's) head give head give somebody their head give someone their head as one door closes, another (one) opens as one door closes, another one opens References in periodicals archive Running Start and eStart are outstanding examples of these efforts. Why you should care about 'Running Start': it's an outstanding example of the community college system's efforts to improve access, affordability and the success of N.H.'s students and economy She started helping out Ryan Leary, who opened Running Start in August 2012. Worcester startups on examination table This year, Running Start will double the attendees at its summer workshop. Getting girls to think politics The following year, she tends to see quite a few second graders wearing their Running Start T-shirts and talking to first graders about what to expect. Leading to reading: for some, the urge to read whatever, whenever, wherever is strong and instinctive. For many others, a little persuasion may be in order. Here are 24 reading motivation efforts to consider for the new school year A scholarship from our Tulip Time Scholarship Games is a great way to get a running start into the future, just like Megan! A Winner Grows Up! Following an opening program of Giselle, Pennsylvania Ballet's thirty-fifth anniversary season was off to a running start with an auspicious program of premieres, a joyful indication of the company's talent and resiliency. PENNSYLVANIA BALLET But the plan is in place, and, says Fletcher, "we have a good running start on recovery." NASA submits its 'road map' for getting the shuttle flying About a dozen small-business owners and freelancers are doing this at a nonprofit startup incubator on Lincoln Street called Running Start Inc. Running Start puts emphasis on coworking; Worcester-based incubator expands Project Running Start is an enrollment partnership between participating high schools and the community colleges that allows high school students to take college courses at a reduced price. Program gives students a 'Running Start' on college "Immediate past President Si Solomon did a great job of getting us off to a running start;" said Millman. Concrete Repair Institute out to build its ranks A paragraph was meant to convey that roughly 10 percent of Washington state's high-school juniors and seniors are dually enrolled in Running Start, and that the students who make up that 10 percent are "shoulder-to-shoulder" in academic performance with traditional community-college students, according to Running Start spokeswoman Sally Zeiger Hanson. Clarification This report analyzes the outcomes of the Running Start Program, part of Washington State's 1990 "Learning by Choice Law," which was designed to expand educational options for high school students. Running Start: 2001-02 Annual Progress Report For the 220's, you must first time the athletes in a "running start" 220 (give them a 5-yard running head start), then add 5 seconds to that time. Designing an Interval Training Program Repeated use of a dancer, kicking up one heel in a running start, underscored this race for life. Festival de Coreografos And one day, he took a running start, leaped into the air, began flapping his powerful wings and "instead of rising a few feet, as usual, he soared into the sky and found his true potential and destiny." 'Help the eagles fly.' (95th AFS Casting Congress, May 5-9, 1991 - Hoyt Memorial Lecture)
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