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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ask how high when someone says jump en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To obey someone's commands slavishly, without argument.
    • […] my little brothers and sisters who grew up to go crazy and take drugs and die in car accidents while I managed to not only stay alive but wear a suit every day. And for that reason when the station owners say jump I say how high. 1998, Wendy MacLeod, Sin, page 52:
    • Redwood's coaches are living and dying on every play; the players are into it but they're tensely composed, ready to ask how high when a coach says jump. 2005, John D. Fischer, The Cowhide - A High School Football Tradition, page 195:
    • […] They say jump, you say "how high?" 1992, Rage against the Machine, Bullet in the Head:
    • In fact, I would barely start giving my “authority speech” when they would give me that certain look, and with one eyebrow raised, say, “We know, Mom, when our teacher says jump, we say, 'How high?' […] 2010, Cindy Jacobs, The Power of Persistent Prayer, page 22:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
asking how high when someone says jump Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
asked how high when someone said jump Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
asked how high when someone said jump Tense=Past lexicographic
asks how high when someone says jump Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic