jump out
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Definition
- Verb (intransitive):
- To be highly noticeable; to stand out prominently: The action of attracting immediate and strong attention due to a striking difference or distinctive quality.
Usage
- This verb describes something that immediately captures attention because it is conspicuous, vivid, or strikingly different from its surroundings.
- It is often used to describe visual elements, ideas, or facts that are exceptionally prominent.
- It functions as an intransitive verb; it does not take a direct object.
Examples
- Verb:
- The bright red title jumps out from the black and white page.
- One statistic in the report really jumped out at me.
- Her name jumped out from the long list of applicants.
Advanced Usage
- "to jump out at someone": To be so noticeable that it immediately captures a specific person's attention.
- The spelling error jumped out at the editor as soon as she looked at the document.
- Used figuratively for non-visual concepts like ideas or sounds.
- The melody jumps out in that section of the symphony.
Variants and Related Words
- Jump-out (adjective, often hyphenated): Describing something that is very noticeable. (Less common)
- It was a jump-out moment in the film.
- Leap out (verb phrase): A synonym with a very similar meaning.
Synonyms
- Stand out: To be clearly more noticeable or better than others.
- Catch the eye: To attract visual attention.
- Stick out: To be prominent or conspicuous (can be informal).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Jump out at: As shown in 'Advanced Usage', this emphasizes the action of attracting a specific observer's attention.
- The solution jumped out at us once we looked at the data differently.
Related Idioms
- Jump off the page: (Very similar in meaning) To be extremely vivid or noticeable, typically in writing or print.
- Her charisma jumps off the page in her personal essay.
Verb
- be highly noticeable