jump out
(slang, transitive) To expel (a member) from a criminal gang by beating them up.
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I want numbers that make them jump out high rise windows & hang themselves! KEEP GOING
yeah keep publishing stories JUST the way y'all do. maybe people will stop looking for a masked man to jump out of the bushes in an alley
Such is the way of the Whitetail, to go forth and multiply and then hide in the woods to jump out in front of unsuspecting cars :P
I'm telling you. It's always when I jump out the shower and throw on leggings. Legs white as hell 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️😂😂
I swear, if I hear "national security" be used to justify horrible shit one more time I'm going to jump out of a window.
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(slang, transitive) To expel (a member) from a criminal gang by beating them up.
All are class acts, but Mary's picture jumps out as the best overall.
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(idiom, by extension) To be obviously, noticeably different; to capture an observer's attention at once.
Wikipedia Science literally claims that existence jumps out of nonexistence, that observable events jump out of unreal wavefunctions, that life jumps out of lifeless atoms, that mind jumps out of mindless atoms, that consciousness jumps …
“I want numbers that make them jump out high rise windows & hang themselves! KEEP GOING”
— Bluesky· May 2026“yeah keep publishing stories JUST the way y'all do. maybe people will stop looking for a masked man to jump out of the bushes in an alley”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Such is the way of the Whitetail, to go forth and multiply and then hide in the woods to jump out in front of unsuspecting cars :P”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm telling you. It's always when I jump out the shower and throw on leggings. Legs white as hell 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️😂😂”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I swear, if I hear "national security" be used to justify horrible shit one more time I'm going to jump out of a window.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(idiom) To emerge suddenly.
He would hide in corners and other dark places, and jump out, scaring one half to death.
"jump out" means: To emerge suddenly.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"jump out" means: To emerge suddenly.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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