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jump-up  


      n  
1    (in the Caribbean) an occasion of mass dancing and merrymaking, as in a carnival  
      vb  
♦   jump up   intr, adv  
2    to stand up quickly and suddenly  
3    (in the Caribbean) to take part in a jump-up  
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jump  
      vb  
1    bounce, bound, caper, clear, gambol, hop, hurdle, leap, skip, spring, vault  
2    flinch, jerk, recoil, start, wince  
3    avoid, digress, evade, miss, omit, overshoot, skip, switch  
4    advance, ascend, boost, escalate, gain, hike, increase, mount, rise, surge  
      n  
5    bound, buck, caper, hop, leap, skip, spring, vault  
6    barricade, barrier, fence, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, rail  
7    breach, break, gap, hiatus, interruption, lacuna, space  
8    advance, augmentation, boost, increase, increment, rise, upsurge, upturn  
9    jar, jerk, jolt, lurch, shock, start, swerve, twitch, wrench  

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jump up, Johnny-jump-up, jump, jump at

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jump the shark
exp.
expression used to describe something that is in decline or has lost the qualities that made it popular, appealing, successful
used originally in media to describe a show or a movie that is declining in popularity. E.g: I loved their ads, but with the last ones they just jump the shark.
to jump the gun
exp.
to do something too soon, especially without thinking carefully about it
Originally used in sports contests that are started by firing a gun

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