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jump off the porch

jump off the porch
 v. phr.— «In street language, the decision to join a gang is known as “jumping off the porch.”» —“Police, schools team to stop kids from ‘jumping off the porch.'” by Steve Giegerich St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) Oct. 30, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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