jump/leap off the page

idiom

of writing, a picture, etc.
: to be very noticeable, interesting, exciting, etc.
The characters are so real that they jump/leap off the page.

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Stats PDs 7 INTs 1 Tackles 68 Penalties 1 Snap rate 81.1% Jaguars S Tier 6 88 Tyler Conklin Age: 30 Height: 6-3 Weight: 248 Conklin’s stats don’t jump off the page, but he was often underutilized and had to overcome poor quarterback play. Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 McCray’s peripherals — 93rd percentile sprint speed, 99th percentile arm strength, 90.2 average exit velocity — jump off the page as well. Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025 This fight doesn’t jump off the page as a banger, but Shevchenko is an all-time great. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 The Brazilian’s goalscoring record in her homeland’s Serie A1 doesn’t jump off the page, netting 16 goals in 4,777 minutes since 2019. Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jump/leap off the page

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“Jump/leap off the page.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%2Fleap%20off%20the%20page. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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