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jack-rabbit start

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[jack-rabbit start] {n.}, {informal} A very sudden start from a still position; a very fast start from a stop.

* /Bob made a jack-rabbit start when the traffic light turned green./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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