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GET THE JUMP ON or HAVE THE JUMP ON,

GO JUMP IN THE LAKE,

NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN or NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO JUMP.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[go jump in the lake] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go away and quit being a bother. * /George was tired of Tom's advice and told him to go jump in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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