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jump off

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Verb1.jump off - set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class"
begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
2.jump off - jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
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? jump off
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(= leap off)herunterspringen (prep obj von); (from train, bus) → aussteigen (prep obj aus); (when moving) → abspringen (prep obj von); (from bicycle, horse) → absteigen (prep obj von)
(Showjumping) → den Wettbewerb durch ein Stechen entscheiden; they had to jump off to decide the winnerder Sieger musste durch ein Stechen ermittelt werden


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I said, "Sirrah, I will give you a hundred dollars to jump off this pyramid head first.
I managed to jump off without any injury, and looked about to see if I was pursued.
Grasping the rail, he found that the coach had sunk greatly on one side, though it was still dragged forward by the horses; and while--confused by their plunging and the loud screams of the lady inside--he hesitated, for an instant, whether to jump off or not, the vehicle turned easily over, and relieved him from all further uncertainty by flinging him into the road.
 
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