1
: the start of a race or an attack
2
: a jumping competition to break a tie at the end of regular competition (as in a horse show)
Examples of jump-off in a Sentence
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On the challenging course at HITS Del Mar, only three out of a field of 36 horse-and-rider combinations advanced to the final jump-off.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025
This makes Saturday night an intriguing jump-off point.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Days later, the stadium witnessed wild moments from the men’s high jump, which featured a jump-off between the U.S.’s Shelby McEwen and Hamish Kerr.
—Cory Mull, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The flagpole was the meeting point for protests; the trees were the party jump-off.
—Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Known for playing Claire Bennet in Heroes, Kirby Reed in slasher franchise Scream and Juliette Barnes in Nashville, Panettiere will take an as yet unspecified role in the film, which uses Wes Craven’s cult 2006 picture The Breed as a jump-off point.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
The two friends shared an emotional hug upon their decision to each take home a gold rather than move into a jump-off to determine a winner.
—Tanisha Bhat, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
But season 2 would be some sort of fictional jump-off point of some kind.
—EW.com, 9 May 2024
Summer Young, Menlo School track & field: Young, a senior, won a jump-off and cleared 5-5 to take gold in the high jump at the Stanford Invitational.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025
This makes Saturday night an intriguing jump-off point.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Days later, the stadium witnessed wild moments from the men’s high jump, which featured a jump-off between the U.S.’s Shelby McEwen and Hamish Kerr.
—Cory Mull, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The flagpole was the meeting point for protests; the trees were the party jump-off.
—Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Known for playing Claire Bennet in Heroes, Kirby Reed in slasher franchise Scream and Juliette Barnes in Nashville, Panettiere will take an as yet unspecified role in the film, which uses Wes Craven’s cult 2006 picture The Breed as a jump-off point.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
The two friends shared an emotional hug upon their decision to each take home a gold rather than move into a jump-off to determine a winner.
—Tanisha Bhat, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
But season 2 would be some sort of fictional jump-off point of some kind.
—EW.com, 9 May 2024
Summer Young, Menlo School track & field: Young, a senior, won a jump-off and cleared 5-5 to take gold in the high jump at the Stanford Invitational.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Jump-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump-off. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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