Antonyms for running start


Grammar : Noun


Definition of running start

  • As in start : noun beginning
  • As in flying start : noun quick beginning
  • As in head start : noun advantage of early start
Example sentences :
  • I'll give you a running start—to the tree down there—and beat you.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • He had counted on a running start, and every week of delay was a vicious handicap.
  • Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
  • But once we turned our backs for a running start they were at us again.
  • Extract from : « Out Around Rigel » by Robert H. Wilson
  • When finally Adna got to the bar he had lost some of his running start.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • He had entered the business eight years before with a running start, having been a successful dry goods merchant in Maine.
  • Extract from : « Cyrus Hall McCormick » by Herbert Newton Casson
  • The young man who begins his career with these facts in mind is given a running start over his competitors.
  • Extract from : « Laugh and Live » by Douglas Fairbanks
  • That may all be, said George slowly, but my running start wasnt much compared with the one you fellows had.
  • Extract from : « The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House » by Ross Kay
  • If you didnt get a running start I am wondering what time you would make if you had one.
  • Extract from : « The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House » by Ross Kay
  • Sometimes the rocks were far apart and my father had to get a running start and leap from one to the next.
  • Extract from : « My Father's Dragon » by Ruth Stiles Gannett
  • A gal that ken jump a six-rail fence—and wissout no running start—don't let her git apast you!
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) » by Various

Synonyms for running start

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