Meaning of on the jump | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In a hurry.
   Canada, US, informal
2. Very busy; fully engaged in energetic activity; on the go.
   Canada, US, dated, informal

Examples

“Come⟳ on the jump⟳. Bring⟳ the needful for first aid. It's a rifle shot through the lungs or heart or both.”

“Accordingly Sam Daniels was sent for and arrived on the jump⟳.”

“Everybody was on the jump⟳, and it was a furious crowd that went rushing down toward where the new shell had been laid, along the shore of the river, at a point⟳ where a little beach offered an ideal spot for launching.”

“My cavalry is on the jump⟳ all the time and in every direction, as you know⟳ from having seen several detachments, and I will do my utmost to carry⟳ out orders and wishes of the authorities.”

“Again she bemoans the inroad of interruptions, especially those of the "inexorable" telephone which keeps Polly on the jump⟳.”

“There were many other jobs to be done during the day, for the traditional smartness of a packet was maintained only by keeping the crews constantly on the jump⟳ at times when, on an ordinary freighter, they might be taking life more easily.”

“We have⟳ been kept on the jump⟳ to stabilize the situation and to maintain⟳ some mobile striking power as a general reserve⟳ both from defensive and local offensive affairs.”

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