to jump
- verb
- /dʒʌmp/
- So then you have to jump through lots of other hoops.
If that's your opinion, he completely he jumped everything.
- If that's your opinion, he completely he jumped everything.
Examples
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You can get the little boy next door who, you know, sometimes jumps the fence and does it for free.
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Hey, jump on that other one.
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We were not about to give away shaft locations where somebody could jump something, or someone, in on us.
Fiction book (1999) -
"I guess I'd better jump over and say good night to Jen."
Fiction book (1995) -
So I didn't jump the gun after all.
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I jumped a grade.
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Firstly, it acknowledged that Ethyl may have "jumped the gun" for tactical reasons relating to the legislative process.
Academic text (2000) -
I don't want to jump to conclusions without knowing all the facts.
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He accidentally jumped ahead in the conversation, missing some important points.
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Be careful not to jump the gun when making assumptions about the project's progress.
Synonyms
To deliberately not attend something such as a class or meeting
To avoid dealing with a problem by using a different method
To ignore someone or something on purpose
To move past something without doing or saying it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To start doing something popular because many others do it, often to get an advantage
- Informal
To suddenly speak angrily and criticize someone for a small mistake
- Slang
To start to get worse after a silly or big change, for example in a TV show
- Informal
Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience
- Offensive
A rude joking way to tell someone to go away without meaning it
- Informal
To join a business or project that is likely to fail even though there are clear risks
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Decide quickly about someone or something without enough information
To start a car engine that has a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
Compounds
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
- Specialized
A basketball way where the referee tosses the ball between two players who jump to tap it to a teammate
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
- Specialized
A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
- Jargon
A machine in science fiction that lets ships travel instantly between distant stars
- Specialized
A sudden cut between shots in a film that shows time passing or makes the action jump
- Specialized
A sudden change in an electron's energy level when it gains or loses energy
- Specialized
A jump with arms and legs stretched out to the sides like an eagle
How Intentional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jump meaning to pass over or bypass comes from the literal act of jumping over something, so to 'jump' a line or step is to go past it without doing it.