FLYING START Definition & Meaning

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flying start

noun

a start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line.
a start or beginning of anything, characterized by the participant's vigor and enthusiasm and sometimes by a certain advantage over competitors.
She's off to a flying start in her new job.

flying start

noun

Also called (informal): flyer.��(in sprinting) a start by a competitor anticipating the starting signal
a start to a race or time trial in which the competitor is already travelling at speed as he passes the starting line
any promising beginning
an initial advantage over others

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of flying start¹

First recorded in 1850–55

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Idioms and Phrases

see under get off the ground.

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The bowling skewed both sides of the wicket in the first 10 overs which allowed their flying start, and Jones' chance should have been taken by Grimmond at cover.

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Initially it looked like it was the hosts who would wilt with the Chiefs making a flying start, Feyi-Waboso finishing off a sweeping left to right move in the corner after just four minutes.

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Openers and Beaumont and Bryony Smith got England off to a flying start, reaching 44-0 at the end of the powerplay.

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Liverpool are not the only side settling well with a new manager, with Brighton having made a flying start under Fabian Hurzeler.

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Brazil's Julio Agripino dos Santos got the Para-athletics off to a flying start by winning gold and setting a new world record in the first race on day two of the Paris Paralympic Games.

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