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
Josie['dʒəuzi]
Nadim-Arabic, Urdu
Josep-Catalan
JacobJAY-kəb (English), YAH-kawp (Dutch)English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Jewish, Biblical
MaggieMAG-eeEnglish
Tadas-Lithuanian