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jump the lights

jump the lights verb: to pass a set of traffic lights when they are not showing green.

Verb

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

  1. To pass a set of traffic lights when they are not showing green.

Forms of jump the lights

third-person singular presentjumps the lights
present participlejumping the lights
past participlejumped the lights
pastjumped the lights

Questions about jump the lights

What does jump the lights mean?
Jump the lights means to pass a set of traffic lights when they are not showing green.
What part of speech is jump the lights?
Jump the lights is a verb.
What is the past tense of jump the lights?
The past tense of jump the lights is jumped the lights.

Words near jump the lights in the dictionary

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  2. jump suit
  3. jump suits
  4. jump the dock
  5. jump the gun
  6. jump the lights
  7. jump the line
  8. jump the queue
  9. jump the rattler
  10. jump the reservation
  11. jump the shark

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