running start

She hopes that the city will invest in more long-term solutions to help local entrepreneurs get a running start.

Taking a running start, I scrambled up the trunk of a giant oak.

The bank targeted this month so the new CEO could get a "running start" to begin in January, he said.

Woods, of Auburn, Illinois, took a running start and tackled the Reuters cameraman “like an NFL linebacker hunting a quarterback after an interception,” federal prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

He got a running start and timed his rush perfectly just as the ball was snapped.