Synonyms for starting gate
start·ing gate

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1. starting gate, starting stallnoun

   a movable barrier on the starting line of a race course

   Synonyms:
   starting stall

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1. • Barrier

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1. Nicole Pifari:

   The citizens of San Francisco should be asking themselves why Chesa Boudin would come out of the starting gate [labeling] the two African American women who called 911 as ‘Karen Callers,’ … If Chesa Boudin is willing to break and bend the law as many times as his office did in this case, everyone should be afraid.

2. Lindsey Vonn:

   That’s why I love what I do, because when you’re in the starting gate it’s you against the mountain and you can push yourself as hard as you want to, i still want to push as hard as I possibly can. That’s what I love. I love the adrenaline. I love the speed. I love the thrill of it. …Just because I’m older doesn’t mean I’ve lost any desire to continue to win and to continue to ski fast.

3. Sir Dennis Hamilton:

   It isn't a horse race if your horse is waiting in the starting gate while the other horses are in the homestretch!

4. Mara Gemond:

   It feels like that moment in a horse race where all the horses are lined up in the starting gate, they're just antsy and ready to get going, they're waiting for that gate to be lifted.