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jump at the chance

jump at the chance verb: to immediately accept an offer; to seize an opportunity.

Verb

jump at the chance (third-person singular simple present jumps at the chance, present participle jumping at the chance, simple past and past participle jumped at the chance)

  1. (idiomatic) To immediately accept an offer; to seize an opportunity.
    • "What in the hell is wrong with my offer? Any woman within a hundred miles would jump at the chance to become my wife."
      She stared at him, incredulous. "Well, pin a rose on your nose, you cocky bastard. […]1996, Jane Bonander, Winter Heart, page 117
    • When two other refugees asked him to help set up a Piaget distributorship in New York, he jumped at the chance.2009 January 7, Douglas Martin, “G. Grinberg, Watch Baron, Dies at 77”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2020

Synonyms of jump at the chance

Forms of jump at the chance

third-person singular presentjumps at the chance
present participlejumping at the chance
past participlejumped at the chance
pastjumped at the chance

Questions about jump at the chance

What does jump at the chance mean?
Jump at the chance means to immediately accept an offer; to seize an opportunity.
What part of speech is jump at the chance?
Jump at the chance is a verb.
What is the past tense of jump at the chance?
The past tense of jump at the chance is jumped at the chance.

Words near jump at the chance in the dictionary

  1. jump and run
  2. jump and runs
  3. jump around
  4. jump at
  5. jump at one's own shadow
  6. jump at the chance
  7. jump at the opportunity
  8. jump bail
  9. jump ball
  10. jump balls
  11. jump before one is pushed

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