base of operations
Central working location
A base of operations is a headquarters or central location from which activities are coordinated and launched.
Military forces establish a base of operations before campaigns; businesses might use a city as their base of operations for a region.
The phrase implies a strategic center from which one ventures out and returns: She made the café her base of operations while job hunting.
- control roomFacility housing operational oversight
- headquartersCentral command location
- logistics centerFacility managing freight movement
- command centerCentral operations facility
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
rallying point · hub · space station · nerve center · staging area · jumping off point · depot · launch pad · safe house · safe haven · bunker · central office · field hospital · camp · home turf · facility · war room · pivot point
- Power Centersheadquarters, head office, main office, central office, command center
- Command Centerscommand center, control room, control center, command post, central command
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base of operationsfront line
Combat's forward edge
combat zone · forward position · front · battlefront · enemy territory
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