jump street

jump street

slang The very beginning. Used especially in the phrase "from jump street." I knew from jump street it was a bad idea, but I kept my mouth shut. They told you back at jump street what this job entailed, and you agreed to it.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

jump (street)

n. the beginning; the start (of something). (Prisons and streets.) Way back at jump street, I spotted you as a troublemaker.
See also: jump, street
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • from jump street
  • jump to it
  • jump all over
  • jump all over (one)
  • jump all over someone
  • jump in
  • (I) can too
  • can too
  • jump off the deep end
  • it takes all sorts to make a world
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