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The phrase "get jumpy" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe someone becoming anxious, nervous, or overly alert, often in response to a situation. Example: "After hearing the loud noise outside, I started to get jumpy and couldn't concentrate on my work."
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"I get jumpy".
Win was starting to get jumpy himself.
Officers can get jumpy and shoot unnecessarily, or accidentally.
And with military choppers overhead, people get jumpy".
Hurry towards the sandbags and the soldiers may get jumpy.
When the élites get jumpy, nervousness trickles down.
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Are they getting jumpy?
It gets jumpy.
With big debt payments looming, Tyco's bankers got jumpy.
He got jumpy when the server called the sauce "sweet and sour".
Police had been annoying us all day and everybody was getting jumpy.
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