jump out

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Toemergesuddenly.2012, Ruby H. Happel-Holtz,Kool Kat Charlie of Cocoa Beach,→ISBN, page 2:He would hide in corners and other dark places, andjump out, scaring one half to death.2014, Mike Hockney,Why Math Must Replace Science,→ISBN:Wikipedia Science literally claims that existencejumps outof nonexistence, that observable eventsjump outof unreal wavefunctions, that lifejumps outof lifeless atoms, that mindjumps outof mindless atoms, that consciousnessjumps outof things with no glimmer of consciousness, and so on.(programming)To exit aloop,function, etc. ending its execution before it has reached its terminating condition.2009, Rakesh Tyata,A Step in Programming with C,→ISBN, page48:Jump outof a loop completely under certain conditions, thereby terminating the execution of a loop.; (idiomatic,by extension)To beobviously, noticeably different; to capture an observer's attention at once.All are class acts, but Mary's picturejumps outas the best overall.2008, Dennis Day,Barbie Dollhouse Plan Traditional,→ISBN, page48:If your wallpaper has green and red in it and you put a red carpet in the room then the redjumps out.2013, Ted Kosmatka,Prophet of Bones: A Novel,→ISBN, page110: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. Whatjumps outat you?; (slang,transitive)Toexpel(a member) from acriminalgangby beating them up.Antonym:jump in; (slang,African-American Vernacular)To beunfaithful; tocheat ona partner.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seejump,‎out.2003, Manny Garcia,An Accidental Soldier: Memoirs of a Mestizo in Vietnam,→ISBN, page50:I was wondering what the hell I was thinking when I thought I wanted tojump outof airplanes.

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