jump out

present singular third person jumps out · participle present jumping out · participle past jumped out · past jumped out

1. idiomaticTo emerge suddenly.

   He would hide in corners and other dark places, and jump out, scaring one half to death.

   2012, Ruby H. Happel-Holtz, Kool Kat Charlie of Cocoa Beach, →ISBN, page 2

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   Wikipedia Science literally claims that existence jumps out of nonexistence, that observable events jump out of unreal wavefunctions, that life jumps out of lifeless atoms, that mind jumps out of mindless atoms, that consciousness jumps out of things with no glimmer of consciousness, and so on.

   2014, Mike Hockney, Why Math Must Replace Science, →ISBN

   1. idiomaticcomputingTo exit a loop, function, etc. ending its execution before it has reached its terminating condition.

      Jump out of a loop completely under certain conditions, thereby terminating the execution of a loop.

      2009, Rakesh Tyata, A Step in Programming with C, →ISBN, page 48

2. broadlyidiomaticTo be obviously, noticeably different; to capture an observer's attention at once.

   All are class acts, but Mary's picture jumps out as the best overall.

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   If your wallpaper has green and red in it and you put a red carpet in the room then the red jumps out.

   2008, Dennis Day, Barbie Dollhouse Plan Traditional, →ISBN, page 48

   If you're ever in a situation where you need to make a quick educated guess, that rule of thumb is this. When you look at a skull for the first time, ask yourself what the first thing you notice is. The very first thing. What jumps out at you?

   2013, Ted Kosmatka, Prophet of Bones: A Novel, →ISBN, page 110

3. slangtransitiveTo expel (a member) from a criminal gang by beating them up.

   Antonyms: jump in

4. slangAfrican-American VernacularTo be unfaithful; to cheat on a partner.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jump, out.

   I was wondering what the hell I was thinking when I thought I wanted to jump out of airplanes.

   2003, Manny Garcia, An Accidental Soldier: Memoirs of a Mestizo in Vietnam, →ISBN, page 50