jump at the chance (to do something)



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jump at the chance (to do something)

To accept or seize with alacrity an opportunity (to do something). Mark complains about his teaching job a lot, but I knew if he were offered a tenured position in the school, he would jump at the chance. When our manager said she was leaving the company, I jumped at the chance to fill the job.
See also: chance, jump

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Addinsell[adinsel]
Viator-Late Roman
SylviaSIL-vee-ə (English), SUYL-vee-ah (Finnish)English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German
KyunggyungKorean
EerikaE:-ree-kahFinnish
Zahara-Hebrew