jump at the opportunity (to do something)
- jump at the opportunity (to do something)
leap at the opportunity (to do something) & leap at the chance (to do something) & jump at the chance (to do something) & jump at the opportunity (to do something)
Fig. to accept an opportunity eagerly. •
Frank leapt at the opportunity to become a commercial artist.
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It was a great idea and we leapt at the opportunity.
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I would leap at the chance to go to Moscow.
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His company proposed to send him to England, and John jumped at the chance.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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