jump-out boys
n.— «The department’s tactical unit, known as the “jump-out boys,” has met with flying debris when officers swoop in.» —“Caught in Drug Cross Fire” by Kent Jenkins Jr. Washington Post Sept. 14, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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