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definition of jump the shark
phrase
to stop being very popular and well-known, and start to become much less popular
Michele Bachmann, she might have blown it today. Well, not blown it – she might have jumped the shark today.
Submitted from United Kingdom on 14/09/2011 13:43:00
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