overjump

verb — 3 senses

overjump

verb

Etymology From over- + jump.

1

To jump over.

2

Obsolete To omit or ignore.

  • Who did beſeech your loues, for our ſucceſſion, / Cannot ſo lightly ouer-iumpe his death / As leaue his woes revengeleſſe: […]c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii:
3

To jump too far or too high.

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