"get a jump on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> a jump on"
      },
      "expansion": "get a jump on (third-person singular simple present gets a jump on, present participle getting a jump on, simple past got a jump on, past participle (UK) got a jump on or (US) gotten a jump on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you'd like to get a jump on the holiday season, many craft stores already have holiday patterns out.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start early, especially before something begins or before others begin; to get a head start."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_a_jump_on-en-verb-ej5Nak9c",
      "links": [
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ],
        [
          "head start",
          "head start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To start early, especially before something begins or before others begin; to get a head start."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "get the drop on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get a jump on"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten a jump on",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> a jump on"
      },
      "expansion": "get a jump on (third-person singular simple present gets a jump on, present participle getting a jump on, simple past got a jump on, past participle (UK) got a jump on or (US) gotten a jump on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "get the drop on"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you'd like to get a jump on the holiday season, many craft stores already have holiday patterns out.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start early, especially before something begins or before others begin; to get a head start."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ],
        [
          "head start",
          "head start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To start early, especially before something begins or before others begin; to get a head start."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get a jump on"
}