'running start' definitions:
Definition of 'running start'
From: WordNet
noun
A racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line [syn: flying start, running start]
noun
A quick and auspicious beginning [syn: flying start, running start]
Synonyms of 'running start'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A,
- advantage,
- alpha,
- anticipation,
- beginning,
- beginnings,
- blast-off,
- bulge,
- coign of vantage,
- commencement,
- creation,
- cutting edge,
- dawn,
- drop,
- earliness,
- early hour,
- early stage,
- edge,
- establishment,
- first crack,
- first stage,
- flying start,
- foresight,
- foundation,
- fresh start,
- ground floor,
- head start,
- inside track,
- institution,
- jump,
- jump-off,
- kick-off,
- leading edge,
- new departure,
- odds,
- oncoming,
- onset,
- opening,
- origin,
- origination,
- outbreak,
- outset,
- prevenience,
- prevision,
- readiness,
- send-off,
- setting in motion,
- setting-up,
- something extra,
- something in reserve,
- square one,
- start,
- start-off,
- starting point,
- take-off,
- time to spare,
- upper hand,
- vantage,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- very beginning,
- whip hand