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Jumped Jumps Quickly Move Criticize Approve Front Jumping

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If someone j____ on you, they quickly criticize you if you do something that they do not approve of.If someone jumps on you, they quickly criticize you if you do something that they do not approve of.
A lot of people jumped on me about that, you know.
word jump
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verb
If you jump, you bend your knees, push against the ground with your feet, and move quickly upwards into the air.
I jumped over the fence.
They came into the front hall, jumping up and down to knock the snow off their boots.
I'd jumped seventeen feet six in the long jump, which was a school record.
Whoever heard of a basketball player who doesn't need to jump?
She was taking tiny jumps in her excitement.
If you jump from something above the ground, you deliberately push yourself into the air so that you drop towards the ground.
He jumped out of a third-floor window.
She has jumped from an aeroplane four times.
I jumped the last six feet down to the deck.
If you jump something such as a fence, you move quickly up and through the air over or across it.
He jumped the first fence beautifully.
If you jump somewhere, you move there quickly and suddenly.
Adam jumped from his seat at the girl's cry.
She jumped to her feet and ran downstairs.
'I'll do it, Eleanor,' Angus said, jumping up.
If something makes you jump, it makes you make a sudden movement because you are frightened or surprised.
The phone shrilled, making her jump.
If an amount or level jumps, it suddenly increases or rises by a large amount in a short time.
Sales jumped from $94 million to over $101 million.
The number of crimes jumped by ten per cent last year.
Shares in Euro Disney jumped 17p.
...a big jump in energy conservation.
If someone jumps a queue, they move to the front of it and are served or dealt with before it is their turn.
The prince refused to jump the queue for treatment at the local hospital.
If someone jumps on you or jumps you, they attack you suddenly.
A week later, the same guys jumped on me on our own front lawn.
Two guys jumped me with clubs in the carpark.
If you jump at an offer or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
Members of the public would jump at the chance to become part owners of the corporation.
If someone jumps on you, they quickly criticize you if you do something that they do not approve of.
A lot of people jumped on me about that, you know.
If someone jumps you, they attack you suddenly or unexpectedly.
Half a dozen sailors jumped him.
inflections jumpsjumpingjumped
cefr-level A2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2

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