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jump on en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To board a vehicle.
   • Jump on a nº9 bus, and it will take you more or less to the door.
2. (idiomatic) To attack verbally, to criticise excessively.
   • I hate the way she's always jumping on me for the slightest little mistake.
3. (idiomatic) To take immediate action regarding; to avail oneself of without delay.
   • Community banks can jump on the opportunity to make changes. 2003 October 28, “Banking Giant”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Jun 2011:
   • So later in life, when the Z's — and even onetime Z's who became A's through marriage — see an item they really like for sale or are offered a deal, they jump on it. 2011 January 28, “How Your Name May Cost You at the Mall”, in Time:

Forms

Deriveds

jump on the bandwagon

Relateds

get a jump on · jump at the chance

Synonyms

seize