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jump - use in sentences
Object
- queue: You'd be reported by someone who realized - someone on the waiting list angry that you'd jumped the queue.
- gun: It just feels like jumping the gun a bit to say no at this point.
- fence: Do not waste time on them: When you start the level, you have to jump a fence to get inside an alley.
Preposition: on
- bandwagon: He expects many brands to " jump on the bandwagon " over the next year.
- band-wagon: We are all quick to jump on the band-wagon about how we need more bypasses and more new roads.
- wagon: After that the " me toos " will jump on the band wagon whether you've got patent protection or not.
- bandwaggon: The media will sell products papers, airtime etc, but jumping on the bandwaggon that the bubble is bursting.
Preposition: at
- chance: Many of us jump at the chance to exercise our bodies in the gym, at the pool or on the playing field!
Preposition: through
- hoop: Dedicated community workers are made to jump through hoops like show dogs just to get the money they need to do the job.
Preposition: onto
- bandwagon: Jumping onto the bandwagon Like so many others, I have succumbed to Flickr.
Adjective modifier
- triple: In both, the triple jump was scheduled for a Sunday.
- tandem: Gift Vouchers Gift vouchers are available for beginners ' static line courses and tandem jumps.
- vertical: Sean Pates was third in the speed bounce and fourth in the vertical jump.
Modifies a noun
- jockey: Leading jump jockey Mick Fitzgerald is to retire at the end of the season.
Noun used with modifier
- parachute: In June 2004 Caroline Gardner did a sponsored parachute jump in aid of the Appeal.
- bungee: The bungee jump for £ 69, caught our eye.
Preposition: in
- puddle: Every time they jump in a puddle they splash themselves with water full of these little animals.
Preposition: with
- leap: Sophie Taylor was second in the 200m in 28secs and the same position in the long jump with a leap of 4.40m.
- clearance: Sophie Cash finished third in the 100m in 13.5secs and fourth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.35m.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: It makes objects appear to jump around or twinkle.
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