Lesson 139--get the jump on someone or something

 

get the jump on someone/something

similar to Monday's lesson, it means to do something first/early, or get ahead of someone.  However, it also can mean to take advantage of someone.

examples

I got the jump on my Christmas shopping.

Mary got up early to get the jump on her day.

To get the jump on their rivals the Toronto Maple Leafs signed the league leading scorer before the end of free agency.

Lesson 48--Hockey Vocabulary Continued

 

 

Hopefully you enjoyed learning some useful vocabulary in lesson 47.  Today, we give you some more.

playoff round:

A round is a series of games between two teams.  The team that wins the majority of the matches, continues to the next round.  To win the Stanley Cup you need to win four rounds of the playoffs. 

Best of seven:

Each round has a maximum of seven games.  To be the winner you need to win four of them.  The round is over once that is done, regardless of how many games have been played.

Sweep:

If one team beats the other team in four straight games, we call that a sweep.  Remember that sweep is an irregular verb.

i.e.  Toronto swept Montreal.