the high jumpnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈhaɪ ˌdʒʌmp/us/ˈhaɪ ˌdʒʌmp/a sport in which competitors try to jump over a bar supported on two poles. The height of the bar is gradually raised and the winner is the person who jumps highest without knocking the bar off the poles.
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Idiom(s)
be for the high jump