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OP used his own version of a stone’s throw away. It’s farther away than a Hop, Skip, and, a Jump but not as close as spitting distance.

Still not sure if a Hop, Skip, and a Jump is closer or father away than something you wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot pole.

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The world record for the triple jump [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_jump] is just over 18 meters, so quite a bit further than a 10 foot pole.

But is a triple jump the same as a hop, skip and jump? It seems to me that a hop and a skip are each smaller than a jump.

The triple-jump event is literally described as "a hop, skip, and jump." The three bounding motions are done in a sequence without breaking forward momentum, so "triple jump" is an accurate description of the combination, while "hop, skip and jump" is an accurate description of each of the three bounds individually.

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