"jump on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-jump on.ogg Forms: jumps on [present, singular, third-person], jumping on [participle, present], jumped on [participle, past], jumped on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jump on (third-person singular simple present jumps on, present participle jumping on, simple past and past participle jumped on)
  1. To board a vehicle.
    Sense id: en-jump_on-en-verb-KlgrgHxO
  2. (idiomatic) To attack verbally, to criticise excessively. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-jump_on-en-verb-Yc5nX5L1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "on", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 73 22 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 10 73 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 73 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 85 9
  3. (idiomatic) To take immediate action regarding; to avail oneself of without delay. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: seize
    Sense id: en-jump_on-en-verb-uK4iX3ZX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jump on the bandwagon Related terms: get a jump on, jump at the chance

Inflected forms

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      "form": "jumps on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jumping on",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jumped on",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jump on a nº9 bus, and it will take you more or less to the door.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To board a vehicle."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "board",
          "board"
        ]
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    },
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          "_dis": "5 73 22",
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          "text": "I hate the way she's always jumping on me for the slightest little mistake.",
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        "To attack verbally, to criticise excessively."
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          "criticise",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To attack verbally, to criticise excessively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2003 October 28, “Banking Giant”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-06-15:",
          "text": "Community banks can jump on the opportunity to make changes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 28, “How Your Name May Cost You at the Mall”, in Time:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To take immediate action regarding; to avail oneself of without delay."
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          "immediate",
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          "avail"
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        "(idiomatic) To take immediate action regarding; to avail oneself of without delay."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "seize"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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    }
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Jump on a nº9 bus, and it will take you more or less to the door.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To board a vehicle."
      ],
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          "board"
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          "criticise"
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        "(idiomatic) To attack verbally, to criticise excessively."
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          "text": "Community banks can jump on the opportunity to make changes.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 28, “How Your Name May Cost You at the Mall”, in Time:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take immediate action regarding; to avail oneself of without delay."
      ],
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          "immediate",
          "immediate"
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        [
          "avail",
          "avail"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take immediate action regarding; to avail oneself of without delay."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "seize"
        }
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