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on the jump

on the jump prepositional phrase: in a hurry.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Canada, US, informal) In a hurry.
    • Come on the jump. Bring the needful for first aid. It's a rifle shot through the lungs or heart or both.1915, Jack London·, The Little Lady of the Big House
    • Accordingly Sam Daniels was sent for and arrived on the jump.2021, Peter B. Kyne, Cappy Ricks Retires
  2. (Canada, US, dated, informal) Very busy; fully engaged in energetic activity; on the go.
    • My cavalry is on the jump all the time and in every direction, as you know from having seen several detachments, and I will do my utmost to carry out orders and wishes of the authorities.1892, E.V. Sumner, Annual Report of the Secretary of War, page 231
    • Again she bemoans the inroad of interruptions, especially those of the "inexorable" telephone which keeps Polly on the jump.1937, The New Outlook for the Blind - Volumes 31-32, page 198

Questions about on the jump

What does on the jump mean?
On the jump means in a hurry.
What part of speech is on the jump?
On the jump is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the jump in the dictionary

  1. on the internet
  2. on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog
  3. on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
  4. on the jar
  5. on the job
  6. on the jump
  7. on the knocker
  8. on the ladder
  9. on the lam
  10. on the lamb
  11. on the lash

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