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RELATED WORDS : american flying squirrel asiatic flying squirrel at the start biplane flying fish blind flying distinguished flying cross flying flying bird flying boat flying bomb flying bridge flying buttress flying carpet flying cat flying colors flying colours flying dragon flying drainpipe flying dutchman flying field flying fish flying fox flying gecko flying gurnard flying jib flying lemur flying lizard flying mare flying marmot flying mouse flying opossum flying phalanger flying reptile flying robin flying saucer flying school flying squad flying squirrel four-wing flying fish fresh start from start to finish head start high flying housing start instrument flying kick start monoplane flying fish northern flying squirrel pass with flying colors racing start running start southern flying squirrel start start out start up stunt flying two-wing flying fish unidentified flying object

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun flying start has 2 senses

• flying start(n = noun.event) running start - a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line; Array
is a kind of racing start

• flying start(n = noun.event) running start - a quick and auspicious beginning; Array
is a kind of start

THESAURUS

flying start

A, advantage, alpha, beginning, blast-off, bulge, coign of vantage, commencement, creation, cutting edge, dawn, drop, edge, establishment, foundation, fresh start, head start, inside track, institution, jump, jump-off, kick-off, leading edge, new departure, odds, oncoming, onset, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, running start, send-off, setting in motion, setting-up, something extra, something in reserve, square one, start, start-off, starting point, take-off, upper hand, vantage, vantage ground, vantage point, whip hand

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