jump at

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jump at something

to quickly and eagerly accept an opportunity. She jumped at every invitation she got to speak about her discovery.

Usage notes: often used in the form jump at the chance: She jumped at the chance to go to Paris.

See also: jump

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The Leap-frog stood still for a long time lost in thought; it was believed at last he would not jump at all. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context Critics, he says, jump at certain groundless conclusions; they pass adverse judgment and then proceed to reason on it; and, assuming that the poet has said whatever they happen to think, find fault if a thing is inconsistent with their own fancy. The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context I know there's not a magazine in Christendom that wouldn't jump at it. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context More results

References in classic literature

The Leap-frog stood still for a long time lost in thought; it was believed at last he would not jump at all.

Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context

Critics, he says, jump at certain groundless conclusions; they pass adverse judgment and then proceed to reason on it; and, assuming that the poet has said whatever they happen to think, find fault if a thing is inconsistent with their own fancy.

The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context

I know there's not a magazine in Christendom that wouldn't jump at it.

Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context

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