to jump
- verb
- /dʒʌmp/
- So then you have to jump through lots of other hoops.
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Watch on YouTubeIf 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
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
- Specialized
A basketball way where the referee tosses the ball between two players who jump to tap it to a teammate
- Specialized
A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip
- 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
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
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.