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jumping at the opportunity

jumping at the opportunity is the present participle and gerund of jump at the opportunity.

Meaning of jump at the opportunity

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To immediately seize a particular opportunity.
    • There was a small silence, until the vacuum created by his exit had been filled, and then Monsieur Brigaud jumped at the opportunity to repartée with his hostess once again.1990, Jessie Gresham Zapffe, Dark Places, Light Places: A Novel of Love—and Grace, Sunfire Productions, →ISBN, page 156

Questions about jumping at the opportunity

What is jumping at the opportunity the present participle and gerund of?
Jumping at the opportunity is the present participle and gerund of jump at the opportunity.

Words near jumping at the opportunity in the dictionary

  1. jumping and dumping
  2. jumping around
  3. jumping at
  4. jumping at one's own shadow
  5. jumping at the chance
  6. jumping at the opportunity
  7. jumping bail
  8. jumping bean
  9. jumping beans
  10. jumping before one is pushed
  11. jumping bristletail

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