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JUMP OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jump out mean?
• JUMP OUT (verb)
The verb JUMP OUT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: JUMP OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be highly noticeable
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
jump; jump out; leap out; stand out; stick out
Hypernyms (to "jump out" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE
Context examples
It was my turn to jump out of my chair.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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