Meaning of jump on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To board a vehicle.
2. To attack verbally, to criticise excessively.
   idiomatic
3. To take immediate action regarding; to avail oneself of without delay.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Jump⟳ on a nº9 bus, and it will take⟳ you more or less to the door.”

“I hate⟳ the way she's always jumping on me for the slightest little mistake⟳.”

“Community banks can jump⟳ on the opportunity to make⟳ changes.”

“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.”

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