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high jump

 noun
     
high jump
1

the high jump

DSO a sports event in which someone runs and jumps over a bar that is raised higher each time they jump
2

be (in) for the high jump

British English informal if someone is for the high jump, they will be punished for something they have done wrong
—high jumper noun [countable]
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