to jump off
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3.2
- phrasal verb
- /dʒʌmp ɔf/
- The cat jumped off the table and landed softly on the floor.
- jump off a bridge
- jump off a cliff
- jump off a roof
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Watch on YouTubeThis is the bridge that he jumps off from in Cambridge, MA.
- This is the bridge that he jumps off from in Cambridge, MA.
- Trump could see a guy jump off a building and think, oh, cool, free shoes.
- You stand on the log and then you sort of jump off of it.
- Going to jump off a rock to give this vlog a little more content.
- Like, you know, like when a father is tells his son to jump off a porch and so he can catch him.
- They're in a bird suit and they're getting ready to jump off a mountain and they're afraid of heights.
- I didn't die jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, but a shark is going to eat me.
- Should this be something that the stuntman does or is the actor agile enough to, you know, to jump off the bike himself?
- But no, Stevo comes over and he's going to jump off the roof and do a flip, I think, into the pool.
- But just the dumb stuff of, you know, jumping off roofs or between roofs.
Examples
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Kenny suddenly dashes to the end of the wall and jumps off the edge onto the grass.
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I should go to Paris and jump off the Eiffel Tower.
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What does it take to jump off the high board?
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What if someone ordered you to jump off a bridge?
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You jump off a bridge.
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Sir, someone jumped off the building.
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This is the bridge that he jumps off from in Cambridge, MA.
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So I probably won't jump off that bridge again.
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Ed is almost here, and we're gonna jump off the railing and we're gonna surprise him.
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He decided to jump off the diving board and into the water below.
Synonyms
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1.0
To push yourself off the ground with your legs into the air
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1.0
To jump quickly from one place to another or make something jump
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1.8
To fall from a higher place to a lower place
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3.8
To fall or drop suddenly from a higher to a lower place
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1.0
To move suddenly by jumping, leaping, or bouncing
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2.8
To get out of a vehicle or place quickly with a small jump
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3.1
Get off a bus or leave a call quickly
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Morphology
The meaning 'to move quickly downward by leaping from a raised position' is directly and compositionally derived from 'jump' (to leap) + 'off' (away from a surface). This verb+particle motion pattern is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Jump off comes from the plain picture of someone standing on a wall or board and then jumping away: you jump and go off the surface. That's why it means 'to move quickly down from a high place'.