the high jump

1 athletic contest of jumping as high as possible, over an adjustable horizontal bar 跳高(比赛): enter for the high jump 参加跳高比赛. 2 (idm 习语) be for the high jump (infml 口) be likely to be severely punished 可能遭受严厉惩罚: If you're caught stealing you'll be for the high jump. 偷东西被人抓住就要受到严厉的惩罚.


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