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🤸 To leap down 🚀 To begin quickly
to jump off

to jump off

2 4.8
To start quickly and get an early lead
  • phrasal verb
  • /dʒʌmp ɔf/
translation icon : despegar
  • While perusing her shop, the Beer Soap immediately jumped off the page, for obvious reasons.
  • jumped off the page

Examples

  • 2nd battalion jumped off at "02".

    Only The Brave (2006)

  • All right, let me suggest a, a, a subject area which I think jumps off that point, and that is media.

  • Because like people see pay as the bounce, the jumping off board to everything else in their life?

  • The ladies have jumped off to a surprising 15-0 lead over the boys.

    Lean On Me (1989)

  • So if this shit jumps off... ...they gonna turn into one big-ass police force... ...that's gonna be in here kicking down our doors!

    Freedomland (2006)

  • Well that shared view can often be the jumping off point to be able to weaponize that and for the narcissistic person to keep the partner or friend close.

  • The concert is about to jump off with a spectacular light show.

  • Once the clock strikes eight, the party will jump off with music and dancing.

  • The project will jump off once we secure the necessary funding.

Synonyms

to take off
vsto jump off
86 3.0

To become successful or popular very quickly

describes a quick start with immediate success rather than later rise
to get off the ground
vsto jump off
38 4.2

Start a project or business successfully so it begins to work

happens very quickly with notable early success rather than slow starting
to lead off
vsto jump off
10 3.8

To start an event or activity, for example a speech

implies a very fast start often showing immediate strong success
to get off to a flying start
vsto jump off
1 4.9

Start a new activity very successfully and make quick progress

puts more weight on starting very quickly than on lasting early progress
to get off the mark
vsto jump off
1 5.5

To start making progress after a time of little or no activity

refers to an immediate quick start with strong initial success instead
to fly out of the blocks
vsto jump off
6.7

Begin something very quickly and with a lot of energy

focuses more on rapid successful launch than on energy alone

Antonyms

to stall
166 4.3

To delay doing something on purpose to get more time

How Successful

to take off
86 3.0
to jump off
2 4.8
to launch
504 3.7
to kick off
129 3.5
to start
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

jump off infinitive

Morphology

jump + off

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 may come from the image of a runner at the start of a race: the runner jumps and moves off the starting block right away. That's why it now means 'to start quickly' or to get a strong early lead.