Leverage and Start

Leverage

Leverage noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

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Start and leverage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a noun "Leverage".

Nearby Words: lever, levered, leveraged, leveraging

Start noun - The point at which something begins.

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Leverage and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leverage" instead a noun "Start".

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

ideal	ideal leverage	ideal start
good	good leverage	good start
best	best leverage	best start
poor	poor leverage	poor start
Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, new, possible, extra, significant.

While the rest of the Leverage crew start out as this and work their way during the first season to Chaotic Good Parker stays Chaotic Neutral.

Source: Chaotic Neutral
Instead, he ends up a maltreated slave and has to put up with (and commit) a lot of bullshit before even getting a small amount of leverage with which to start changing things.

Source: Deconstructed Character Archetype / A Song of Ice and Fire
Leverage has the martial artist variant, though eventually they do start fighting for real.

Source: Scry vs. Scry

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