jump up (to something)

jump up (to something)
jump up (to something)
to leap upward to the level of something. •

The child jumped up to the next step.

The dog couldn't reach the piece of meat on the edge of the table, so it jumped up and got it.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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