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Jump off

verb

Set off quickly, usually with success.

Jump down from an elevated point. Synonyms: jump, leap. "Every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge" , "The widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

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"Jump off" Quotes from Famous Books

... bank one of the deck hands would jump off with the bow line and make fast to a stump or tree, then the stern line was thrown to him and similarly connected. Then the negro deck hands would proceed to carry on the wood on their bare shoulders to the tune of a Southern plantation melody. When ready to start the bow line ...

— Dangers of the Trail in 1865 - A Narrative of Actual Events • Charles E Young

... to wander off in search of pasture, as would most horses. He nosed around unsuccessfully until pitch dark, then came into camp, and with great philosophy stood tail to the fire until morning. I could always jump off anywhere for a shot, without even the necessity of "tying him to the ground," by throwing the reins over his head. He would wait for me, although he was never ...

— The Mountains • Stewart Edward White

... afraid. But"—he eyed the large aeroplane dubiously—"but a man was not made to fly about in the air like a bird, particularly a man of my weight. Besides, I do not like great height. If I stand upon a precipice, I am immediately struck with the notion that I must jump off. If I jumped from an aeroplane I might ...

— The Boy Allies with the Cossacks - Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians • Clair W. Hayes

... I wanted to do something ludicrous or desperate. I threw my pack into a corner, quickly divested myself of my tunic, rolled up my shirt sleeves, and struck the table such a blow with my clinched fist as to make the dishes jump off. Everybody looked around. My face must have been a ...

— From the Bottom Up - The Life Story of Alexander Irvine • Alexander Irvine

... along together, and after passing Halsted street some distance, Chip saw that he was getting ready to jump off at the next cross street, so, as soon as the car reached the street, Chip stepped off and walked briskly ...

— Jim Cummings • Frank Pinkerton

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