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(verb) to accept something eagerly

Example Sentence:

A: Are you going to go to Vancouver to study English?
B: Yeah, I decided to jump at the chance because it’s such a great opportunity!

The young fashion designer jumped at the chance to go and work for Louis Vuitton.

Similar idioms:

  1. jump out of one’s skin
  2. jump into something
  3. jump on the bandwagon
  4. jump the gun
  5. the best of both worlds
  6. work one’s fingers to the bone
  7. jump ship
  8. work like a dog
  9. blow it
  10. keep one’s nose to the grindstone
  11. look forward to
  12. turn into
  13. hit it off
  14. roll up one’s sleeves
  15. buckle down

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