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to springboard

to springboard

1 3.9
To help someone start or become more successful
  • verb
  • /ˈsprɪŋˌbɔrd/
translation icon : impulsar
  • Some would say this is the game that springboarded the Chiefs to what they are right now.

And, and then that springboarded my sort of path to where I am now.

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Examples

  • With her internship experience, she hopes to springboard into a full-time job after graduation.

  • Utilizing contacts and business relationships to help springboard careers and sponsor opportunities

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  • So it's like, so force yourself into that so that you springboard into growth for me.

  • Do you have a particular inspiration for some of your songs that seem to springboard them out?

  • Of course, they are also upset because the House seat was going to be used to springboard into the real big request: a Senate seat.

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  • And, and then that springboarded my sort of path to where I am now.

  • Sky's the limit for the rookie, and a strong tournament could springboard her toward superstar status going forward in her collegiate career.

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  • I then decided to complete that chapter by springboarding off the discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp into a discussion of comets.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Hart takes a more experimental, radical approach, springboarding from Catholic sacramentality to a wider "creatiocentric" spirituality.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Finally, effective lessons apply phoneme knowledge to partial alphabetic decoding, showing students how to springboard from PA to reading words (Ehri, 1998).

    Academic text (2012)

Compounds

Something that helps you start and make progress in a job or career

How Effective

to lead to
2.5
launch
589 4.0
to springboard
1 3.9
to enable
459 2.3
help
1.0

Surface Forms

springboard infinitive
springboarded past participle
springboarding present participle
springboards third person singular

Etymology

Springboard comes from spring 'to jump' and board 'a flat piece of wood'. To springboard (often used with 'into') means to use something as a 'spring' to jump into a new job or greater success.