springboard

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noun

spring·board ˈspriŋ-ˌbȯrd

plural springboards

: a flexible board usually secured at one end and used for gymnastic stunts or diving

: something that helps launch an activity, enterprise, etc.

… hopes motherhood will be the springboard that relaunches her stagnant acting career.

Roy S. Johnson

… Ueberroth is denying claims that he will use the Games as a springboard to high political office.

Ray Kennedy

springboard

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springboarded; springboarding; springboards

intransitive : to launch upward from or as if from a springboard

… cloud-scraping 60-meter punts pulling a half-dozen bodies skyward, each trying to springboard off the small of the other's back …

Gary Smith

transitive + intransitive : to start or help start something (such as an activity or enterprise)

The company has spent heavily to establish a brand name and reputation from scratch, with no brick-and-mortar stores to springboard its efforts.

Chris O'Malley

Fortunately I got the approval, and that springboarded the work.

Andrew Grant