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jump-off
[ juhmp-awf, -of ]
noun
- a place for jumping off.
- a point of departure, as of a race or a military attack.
- the start of such a departure.
- a supplementary contest among horses tied for first place in a jumping contest.
jump-off
noun
- an extra round in a showjumping contest when two or more horses are equal first, the fastest round deciding the winner
verb
- intr, adverb to begin or engage in a jump-off
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jump-off1
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Example Sentences
She remembered the curves and stretches, and especially the steep jump-off where the road led down off the rim into the canyon.
From donkey to a ten-foot jump-off on the lake shore in a straight line on a five per cent.
Into his very camp, travelling along with his crowd from the very jump-off, is one of his foes, sir.
“Some jump-off,” observed Bunker, but Big Boy did not hear him–he was looking up at the sun.
These two were outliers to the rest, beating the bushes beyond the Jump-off incessantly.
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