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jack in

verb

  1. slang.
    tr, adverb to abandon or leave (an attempt or enterprise)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The jack-in-the-box has popped, just as we expected it to, but it still made us gasp.

But he couldn't see Uncle Wiggily because he was safely hidden in the Jack-in-the-pulpit.

So that's how the Jack-in-the-pulpit saved the rabbit and very thankful Uncle Wiggily was.

So the rabbit traveler looked up, and there he saw a flower called Jack-in-the-pulpit looking down on him.

Twant Absurdam, I'm moest sho, und hit twant Jack-in-de-bed, nudder.

A little drawer shoots out almost in my face, startling me like a jack-in-the-box.

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