jump on
verb1
To board a vehicle.
- Jump on a nº9 bus, and it will take you more or less to the door.
2
Idiomatic To attack verbally, to criticise excessively.
- I hate the way she's always jumping on me for the slightest little mistake.
3
Idiomatic To take immediate action regarding; to avail oneself of without delay.
- Community banks can jump on the opportunity to make changes.2003 October 28, “Banking Giant”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Jun 2011:
- So later in life, when the Z's — and even onetime Z's who became A's through marriage — see an item they really like for sale or are offered a deal, they jump on it.2011 January 28, “How Your Name May Cost You at the Mall”, in Time:
- Derived terms
- jump on the bandwagon
- Related terms
- get a jump on, jump at the chance