Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
starting line
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All the troops are on the starting line.
▪ Be patient if you have to wade through a sea of red tape before you even get to the starting line.
▪ Loan star Imre Varadi comes in on the starting line up for the first time in favour of the suspended Nick Cusack.
▪ Morse estimated Wednesday that it would take a good half-hour for the entire field just to get across the starting line.
▪ There, all people toed the same starting line.
▪ These programs were designed to remove the shackles so that black people could reach the starting line on an equal footing.
WordNet
starting line
n. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game [syn: start]
Wikipedia
Starting line
Starting line may refer to:
- A position marking the beginning of a race.
- The Starting Line, a pop punk band.