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ask how high when someone says jump

ask how high when someone says jump verb: to obey someone's commands slavishly, without argument.

Verb

ask how high when someone says jump (third-person singular simple present asks how high when someone says jump, present participle asking how high when someone says jump, simple past and past participle asked how high when someone said jump)

  1. To obey someone's commands slavishly, without argument.
    • […] They say jump, you say "how high?"1992, Rage against the Machine, Bullet in the Head
    • […] my little brothers and sisters who grew up to go crazy and take drugs and die in car accidents while I managed to not only stay alive but wear a suit every day. And for that reason when the station owners say jump I say how high.1998, Wendy MacLeod, Sin, page 52

Forms of ask how high when someone says jump

third-person singular presentasks how high when someone says jump
present participleasking how high when someone says jump
past participleasked how high when someone said jump
pastasked how high when someone said jump

Questions about ask how high when someone says jump

What does ask how high when someone says jump mean?
Ask how high when someone says jump means to obey someone's commands slavishly, without argument.
What part of speech is ask how high when someone says jump?
Ask how high when someone says jump is a verb.
What is the past tense of ask how high when someone says jump?
The past tense of ask how high when someone says jump is asked how high when someone said jump.

Words near ask how high when someone says jump in the dictionary

  1. ask for
  2. ask for it
  3. ask for someone's hand in marriage
  4. ask for the moon
  5. ask for trouble
  6. ask how high when someone says jump
  7. ask in
  8. Ask Jeeves
  9. ask me anything
  10. ask me anythings
  11. ask me one about sport

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