jump/leap off the page
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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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Its swirling cacophony of rectangles — red, blue, lime — are staggered so as to leap off the page, exuding the freedom at the core of the Technicolor music.
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Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
The box score numbers didn’t jump off the page, but Wallace’s impact on the game was very clear.
—Nick Crain, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
From the perspective of the nuclear nonproliferation regime, two questions jump off the page.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
His candidacy is admittedly a bit wonky, and at first glance his traditional numbers don’t jump off the page.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
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Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
The box score numbers didn’t jump off the page, but Wallace’s impact on the game was very clear.
—Nick Crain, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
From the perspective of the nuclear nonproliferation regime, two questions jump off the page.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
His candidacy is admittedly a bit wonky, and at first glance his traditional numbers don’t jump off the page.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
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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 14 Nov. 2024.
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