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jumped to conclusions

jumped to conclusions is the simple past and past participle of jump to conclusions.

Meaning of jump to conclusions

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To make conclusions before being presented with all the evidence.
    • Don't hold your breath and don't jump to conclusions, but there is likely to be an announcement about the future of the railways in the next few weeks - [...].2021 February 24, Christian Wolmar, “Franchising still exists - under tight Departmental control”, in RAIL, number 925, page 48

Questions about jumped to conclusions

What is jumped to conclusions the simple past and past participle of?
Jumped to conclusions is the simple past and past participle of jump to conclusions.

Words near jumped to conclusions in the dictionary

  1. jumped the rattler
  2. jumped the reservation
  3. jumped the shark
  4. jumped through hoops
  5. jumped to
  6. jumped to conclusions
  7. jumped to it
  8. jumped up
  9. jumped upon
  10. jumped-start
  11. jumped-starts

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