pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | increase suddenly and significantly |
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | rise in rank or status |
drop steeply | go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions |
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | pass abruptly from one state or topic to another |
| bypass |
| make a sudden physical attack on |
| enter eagerly into |
| move forward by leaps and bounds |
| cause to jump or leap |
| move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm |
| run off or leave the rails |
| start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery |
| jump down from an elevated point |
| jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute |
| be highly noticeable |