head start
or 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.
Origin of head start
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby head start
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Example sentences from the Web for head start
And by the time they got wind of it, he wanted to have a head-start.
The Impossible Voyage Home |Floyd L. Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for head start
head start
noun
an initial advantage in a competitive situation
Word Origin for head start
originally referring to a horse's having its head in front of others at the start of a race
Idioms and Phrases with head start
head start
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.