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head start
noun
- an advantage given or acquired in any competition, endeavor, etc., as allowing one or more competitors in a race to start before the others.
head start
noun
- an initial advantage in a competitive situation
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of head start1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of head start1
Idioms and Phrases
An early start that confers an advantage, as in This year we'll get a head start on the competition by running more ads . The expression comes from racing, where it was used for a horse being given an advantage of several lengths over the others. Its extension to other areas dates from the early 1900s.Example Sentences
Previously, 鈥淒ay Zero鈥 has always been an extra day for campers to get settled and get a head start on partying.
It鈥檚 like a game of musical chairs where you keep adding players, but not seats, and you give a head start based on wealth.
The tips were about active investigations, which prosecutors said enabled the lawyer to get a head start on wooing the targets as clients.
In the end, the head start Verstappen established in the first five races of the year was too much.
So I got a little head start on that, just immersing myself in that world.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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