standing start

collocation in English

meaningsofstandingandstart

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standing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈstæn.dɪŋ/us
/ˈstæn.dɪŋ/
permanent, rather than formed or created ...
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start
noun
uk
/stɑːt/us
/stɑːrt/
the beginning ...
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(Definition ofstandingandstartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It will have to take off from astandingstart.
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Huge, successful businesses that have developed from astandingstartare few and far between.
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That is from nothing—from astandingstart—and we shall see it taking off.
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I found it impressive that they could get an environment movement going from astandingstart.
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This is a new scheme and it has been set up from astandingstart.
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It is the no campaign that will have astandingstartand will be disadvantaged.
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From astandingstart, 1.7 million pensioner households and 2 million individual pensioners are now receiving the minimum income guarantee.
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The system offersstandingstartlaunch modifications.
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It also featured astandingstart.
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His poorstandingstartmanners proved to be costly.
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If one looks at the matter from astandingstart, as it were, it seems to be an entirely appropriate response.
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It would be hard for them to sustain astandingstartblitzkreig, despite the fact that they have 4·8 million men in uniform.
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They have to move from astandingstartbecause they could not possibly go if they had to bring everything forward over a long period.
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From virtually astandingstart, more than 2,000 worker, neighbourhood, community and marketing co-ops were registered and actively trading in 1989.
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That will have to be done from astandingstart, because it has exported only some 120,000 tonnes so far this year.
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That is a great relief because the original proposal was to introduce and operate the new system from astandingstart.
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Each competitor rode singly against the watch from astandingstart.
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They are also extremely agile, able to leap up several meters from astandingstart.
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Acceleration to 60mph km/h from astandingstartis claimed to be 2.6 seconds.
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The parade lap either leads to a rolling start,standingstart, or back to the grid.
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So a lot of that is written from astandingstart.
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They can clear obstacles over 1.8 m high from astandingstart.
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From astandingstart, we have already ensured that hundreds of thousands of workers who previously had no pension now have access to a second-tier pension.
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Almost from astandingstart, 9,000 drug treatment and testing orders were delivered last year, and we expect that 13,000 will be given out this year.
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