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broad jump
1broad-jump
2[ brawd-juhmp ]
verb (used without object)
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Origin of broad jump1
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Example Sentences
If you can beat me nearly a foot and a half at the running broad jump, you ought to be able to beat me at the high jump.
But when the All-School team romped away with both first and second places in the broad jump, matters began to look more grave.
There is but little to say about the standing broad jump except that practice makes perfect.
The standing broad jump is made straight forward into a piece of soft earth which has been dug up for the purpose.
This leaves the mile run and the broad jump open, and we were counting on those two contests especially.
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