jump from (something) to (something)

jump from (something) to (something)

1. To hop or leap off of something and onto something else. The monkey used the vines to jump from tree to tree. In a dramatic moment, the stranded victim jumped from the top floor of the burning building to the helicopter that had lowered beside her.

2. To hop or leap down from something to a lower thing or level. The kids jumped from the platform to the pool below. Please stop jumping from your bunk bed to the ground like that! It creates the most awful thumping sound, like the floor is going to collapse.

See also: jump, to

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jump from something to something

to leap from one place to another. A frog jumped from lily pad to lily pad. The child jumped from stone to stone.

See also: jump, to

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.