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overˈjump, v.
[over- 5, 26, 23.]
1. trans. and intr. To jump over; fig. to pass over; to transcend.
1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 798 A stiff⁓throw'n Bowl, which running down a Hill, Meets in the way some stub,..but instantly it hops, It over-jumps. a1634Marston (Webster 1864), We can not so lightly overjump his death. 1877Blackie Wise Men 233 If there be gods, or if there be not, overjumps my ken.
2. trans. To jump too far over.
b. refl. To jump too far for one's strength.
1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Mkt. Harb. 72 She [a mare] was prone to overjump herself when she didn't run through them [fences]. 1894Daily News 11 Dec. 2/6 If he has a fault it is a tendency to overjump his fences. |