JUMP OFF (jumped off, jumping off, jumps off)

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Irregular inflected forms: jumped off    , jumping off    , jumps off   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jump off mean? 

• JUMP OFF (verb)
  The verb JUMP OFF has 2 senses:

1. set off quickly, usually with success

2. jump down from an elevated point

  Familiarity information: JUMP OFF used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUMP OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set off quickly, usually with success

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class

Hypernyms (to "jump off" is one way to...):

begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Jump down from an elevated point

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

jump; jump off; leap

Context example:

the widow leapt into the funeral pyre

Hypernyms (to "jump off" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Large numbers of the resulting DNA nicks can be lethal to cells and serve as a jumping off point for the development of disease.

(Structural Snapshots of Damaged DNA, NIH)

He had tied his cord to the hook on which the heavy lamp used to hang, and he had jumped off from the top of the very box that he showed us yesterday.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The car started with a great clanging of its gong, and, as Jimmy's gang drove off the last assailants, they, too, jumped off to finish the job.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"It's pretty, isn't it, old sport." He jumped off to give me a better view. "Haven't you ever seen it before?"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)