springboard
noun [C] (GOOD START) /ˈsprɪŋ.bɔːd/
/-bɔːrd/ Definition
› something that provides you either with the opportunity to follow a particular plan of action, or the encouragement that is needed to make it successful: The firm's director is confident that the new project will act as a springboard for/to further contracts.Opportunity Freedom to actCausing things to happen
(Definition of springboard noun (GOOD START) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a free ride idiom
- another/a second bite of the cherry idiom
- best bet idiom
- break noun (OPPORTUNITY)
- chance noun (OPPORTUNITY)
- chance would be a fine thing idiom
- have a field day idiom
- it's now or never idiom
- look-in noun
- make hay while the sun shines idiom
- manqué adjective
- pass sb by phrasal verb
- platform noun (IDEAS)
- prospect noun (POSSIBILITY)
- room for manoeuvre idiom
- scope noun (OPPORTUNITY)
- smell blood idiom
- sneak peek noun
- turn up phrasal verb (HAPPEN)
- while the going is good idiom
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