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# go take a running jump

phrase (imperative idiom: go take a running jump; also «go and take a running jump» UK; «take a running jump»)

«go take a running jump» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (rude but mild) go away and stop bothering me; I refuse.
2. (literal) jump after running to gain speed, as in the long jump.

### In the lessons

A colourful, old-fashioned way to tell someone to go away, less rude than swearing; informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, also US. Common in arguments, comedy and between siblings.

### Examples

- "Lend me your bike?" "Go take a running jump!"
- If he wants more money, he can go and take a running jump.
- My sister told me to go take a running jump when I teased her.
- In PE we take a running jump into the sandpit.
- The grumpy old man told the reporters to take a running jump.
- "Go take a running jump," laughed Gran, refusing to do the dance.
- The rude customer was told to take a running jump.
- It's still rude to say it to a teacher.

### Note

Trap: usually not about jumping; it means go away. Rude, though milder than swearing. In PE, a running jump is literal: run, then jump. Plain meaning: go away, no.