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jump off

jump off verb: to move from an elevated place by one jump.

Verb

jump off (third-person singular simple present jumps off, present participle jumping off, simple past and past participle jumped off)

  1. (literally) To move from an elevated place by one jump.
    • The cat jumped off the table.
  2. To participate in the final round of an equestrian showjumping event.
  3. (intransitive, slang) To happen; to occur.
    • The fight jumped off in my own neighborhood.
    Synonyms:
    go down

Synonyms of jump off

Forms of jump off

third-person singular presentjumps off
present participlejumping off
past participlejumped off
pastjumped off

Words formed from jump off

Questions about jump off

What does jump off mean?
Jump off means to move from an elevated place by one jump.
What part of speech is jump off?
Jump off is a verb.
What is the past tense of jump off?
The past tense of jump off is jumped off.

Words near jump off in the dictionary

  1. jump jockeys
  2. jump lead
  3. jump leads
  4. jump list
  5. jump lists
  6. jump off
  7. jump on
  8. jump on someone's bones
  9. jump on the bandwagon
  10. jump on the boat
  11. jump on the chance

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