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Definition of jet verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jet

verb
 
/dʒet/
 
/dʒet/
[intransitive] (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they jet
 
/dʒet/
 
/dʒet/
he / she / it jets
 
/dʒets/
 
/dʒets/
past simple jetted
 
/ˈdʒetɪd/
 
/ˈdʒetɪd/
past participle jetted
 
/ˈdʒetɪd/
 
/ˈdʒetɪd/
-ing form jetting
 
/ˈdʒetɪŋ/
 
/ˈdʒetɪŋ/
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  1. + adv./prep. to fly somewhere in a plane
    • They have just jetted off for a honeymoon in New York.
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    Word Originverb late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’.
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