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leap at the opportunity
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leap at the opportunity (to do something) and 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. It was a great idea and we leapt at the opportunity. I would leap at the chance to go to Moscow. His company proposed to send him to England, and John jumped at the chance.
See also: leap, opportunity


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Most Christian families will jump at the opportunity to own their own business and still be doing God''s work.
Hot stone therapy is a relatively new form of massage While there are those who jump at the opportunity to try something new, there are some who are wary about engaging in something unfamiliar to them Hot stone therapy is a relatively new form of massage.
You love golf If you had the chance to play every day of the week and make money at the game, you would jump at the opportunity You love golf.
 
 
 
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