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jumped

VERB

leap, spring

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bounce bound dive drop fall hop plummet skip surge take top vault

STRONG

barge bob buck canter caper clear curvet gambol hurdle hurtle jerk jiggle jounce lollop lop lunge lurch parachute pop quiver rattle ricochet saltate shake sky somersault trip waver wobble

WEAK

bail out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

add allow ascend go up lose permit rise

STRONG

placate retreat soothe

WEAK

address decline decrease face

VERB

recoil

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bolt bounce rebound start

STRONG

bob carom flinch jerk jounce ricochet spring startle wince

Antonyms

WEAK

address decline decrease face

VERB

omit, avoid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

leave skip

STRONG

abandon cancel cover digress evade miss nullify overshoot switch

WEAK

clear out cross out pass over

Antonyms

STRONG

uphold

WEAK

address decline decrease face

VERB

increase

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance boost gain raise rise surge

STRONG

ascend escalate hike mount up

WEAK

jack up put up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease drop halt lessen lower recede stop

STRONG

decline

WEAK

address face

Example Sentences

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PALOU: Jumped at a shot to join McLaren for an opportunity in F1.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2022

Jumped right-handed when back at the track last month and it won't be a piece of cake to stay straight.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2022

Hartstone stars in “The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign,” which live-streamed to Hollywood, from a performance at 1 p.m.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2021

New York went from 5.9 percent to 10 percent of the program, while New Jersey Jumped from 2.8 percent to 4.3.

From Slate • May 15, 2020

Gathering “what silver she could crowd into her old-fashioned reticule”—a handbag with a drawstring—she “then Jumped into the chariot with her servant girl Sukey,” said Paul Jennings.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis