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Definition of high jump noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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high jump

noun
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[singular]
 
a sporting event in which people try to jump over a high bar that is gradually raised higher and higher
She won a silver medal in the high jump.
Idioms

be for the high jump

(British English, informal) to be going to be severely punishedIf I catch you cheating, you'll be for the high jump.