Idiom
jump before one is pushed
Meaning
to perform an action before being forced to do so.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He decided to jump before he was pushed and quit his job.”
“Knowing the company was planning to fire him, he chose to jump before he was pushed and resigned today.”
“Rather than waiting for the board to demand his resignation, the executive chose to jump before he was pushed to preserve his professional reputation.”
Examples
simple
“He decided to jump before he was pushed and quit his job.”
contextual
“Knowing the company was planning to fire him, he chose to jump before he was pushed and resigned today.”
complex
“Rather than waiting for the board to demand his resignation, the executive chose to jump before he was pushed to preserve his professional reputation.”
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