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jump

verb [I] (INCREASE)
 
 
/dʒʌmp/

Definition

to increase suddenly by a large amount: House prices have jumped dramatically. The cost of building the road has jumped by 70 percent.Increasing and intensifying
(Definition of jump verb (INCREASE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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