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quantum jump

synonyms for quantum jump

QUIZ

The Word Of The Day Quiz: Greater Than Ganymede!

The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.

CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU

We haven't even seen a review of the piece; the footlights go up with a jump, and now the curtain rises.

And it did not take Squinty long to learn to jump the rope when there was no apple on the other side.

It'll be beastly dull for her at The Warren, you see, poor girl; and she doesn't seem to jump at Spunyarn, though he does hang on.

And it is quite true that the particular employer can no more break away from these limits than he can jump out of his own skin.

But, just as he turned to run, he saw a little animal jump out of one of the big wagons, and come toward him.

Mr. Jump, a director on the mine, pointed out a balance-beam that Mr. Trevithick had put up thirty years before.

"That fire's mighty close, an' comin' on the jump," Piegan remarked, with an upward glance.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

When the automobile shot into Bonwit Boulevard and headed toward Roselawn the first flash of lightning made the girls jump.

“Come on, Henrietta,” said Jessie, helping the little girl to jump down from the car.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985