jump off

verb

1. set off quickly, usually with success (Freq. 1)

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The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class

• Hypernyms:

↑get down, ↑begin, ↑get, ↑start out, ↑start, ↑set about, ↑set out, ↑commence

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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

2. jump down from an elevated point

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the parachutist didn't want to jump

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every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge

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the widow leapt into the funeral pyre

• Syn: ↑jump, ↑leap

• Hypernyms: ↑move

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s

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jump off (showjumping)

To compete in another, more difficult round, when two or more competitors have an equal score after the first round (jumpˈ-off noun)

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Main Entry: ↑jump

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ˌjump ˈoff [present tense I/you/we/they jump off he/she/it jumps off present participle jumping off past tense jumped off past participle jumped off] phrasal verb

jump off the page if words or pictures jump off the page, they are the first thing that you notice

The words just jumped off the page at me.

Thesaurus: to be, or to become obvious or noticeable_synonym

Main entry: jump

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(of a military campaign) begin

the air-attack phase will continue before the ground attack jumps off