jump-off

jump-off
/jump"awf', -of'/, n.
1. a place for jumping off.
2. a point of departure, as of a race or a military attack.
3. the start of such a departure.
4. a supplementary contest among horses tied for first place in a jumping contest.
[1870-75, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase]

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