Meaning of starting gate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A machine used to ensure a fair start in horse or dog racing by opening doors to allow all the racing animals out at the same time.
2. The beginning.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Mobile starting-gates and horse-boxes stand parked along the kerbs, and behind every large house, it seems, is a red brick stableyard, gleaming with fresh black-and-white paint and polished steel.”

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