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as in to rush
to proceed or move quickly
when I tell you to do something, I expect you to jump
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as in advantage
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
get a jump on the competition by starting early
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as in to assault
to take sudden, violent action against
the robbers waited until he had passed by them and then jumped on him without warning
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as in to attack
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
no need to jump on him just because he locked the keys in the car
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Recent Examples of jump
C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Over the first 28 days of March, the amount of crude oil transiting the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait jumped by 21% compared with February, according to Vortexa.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
Less intuitively, the trend line of long-declining homophobia reversed, resulting in a 10-point jump for explicit anti-gay bias over that same period.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
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Verb
One other detail jumped out, too.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Over the first 28 days of March, the amount of crude oil transiting the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait jumped by 21% compared with February, according to Vortexa.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
Adom won state with a jump of 49-11 last year and has jumped 49-8 this season.
—Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
Less intuitively, the trend line of long-declining homophobia reversed, resulting in a 10-point jump for explicit anti-gay bias over that same period.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jump
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To make that leap, Cortical Labs organized a hackathon with Stanford University.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
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The first player to sign on to Denver Summit FC says taking the leap was an easy decision.—
Holly Santman,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Defending Houston Open champion Min Woo Lee and Michael Thorbjornsen are both at 12-under 198 through three rounds, meaning Woodland, at 18-under, has a 6-stroke advantage over the third-place golfers.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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Led by McKenney and Gayle, the Wolverines (34-3) enjoyed a 33-6 advantage in bench points.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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But then coming back to the pop with Blind Melon and Madonna, and then hitting the trip hop with Portishead and some of the ’90 songs.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2026
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The city’s recreation department and community boosters will host two egg hunts, one for children ages 5-10 and one for ages 4 and under (with parents), followed by a bunny hop dance party.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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The rapid proliferation of art biennials in the ’90s gave them plenty of opportunities and reflected a world reorganizing itself after the Cold War.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Shamet was fouled on the play and missed the and-one free throw, but second-year backup big man Ariel Hukporti grabbed the offensive rebound to create a second shot opportunity.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jump. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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