Meanings
- USinformalFrom the very beginning.
You should have known from the jump / That you always get dumped
2004, Amy Winehouse, Salaam Remi, “Fuck Me Pumps”, in Frank, performed by Amy Winehouse1 more example
The majority of Noah’s circle is hostile to Joanne from the jump, particularly his mother (Tovah Feldshuh), his sister-in-law, Esther (Jackie Tohn), and his ex-girlfriend Rebecca (Emily Arlook).
2024 October 5, Jessica Grose, “‘Nobody Wants This’ Pits Jewish Women Against ‘Shiksas.’ Nobody Wins.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: from jump street, from the start, from the word go, from the get-go, from the outset, at the outset
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseFrom the very beginning.
Cite this entry
from the jump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20the%20jump
“from the jump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20the%20jump. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “from the jump,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20the%20jump.
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