jump in

phrasal verb

jumped in; jumping in; jumps in
informal
: to say something about a subject that another person is already talking about : to join a conversation
Jump in if you have any questions.

Examples of jump in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The improved discipline is equally encouraging Ramos’ strikeout rate (29.6%) is among the worst in baseball, but he’s taken a very sizable jump in his discipline. Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024 And there’s been a major jump in demonstration programs for new kinds of carbon removal techniques, particularly in the United States. Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 9 June 2024 When the Fed began aggressively raising rates, most economists expected the resulting jump in borrowing costs to cause a recession and drive unemployment to painfully high levels. Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 7 June 2024 In late 2022, average inflation across the eurozone peaked above 10 percent as a surge in energy prices fed through to consumer goods and services, and workers demanded higher wages to blunt the pain of the jump in prices. Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for jump in 

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“Jump in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%20in. Accessed 20 Jun. 2024.

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