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jumps at the opportunity

jumps at the opportunity is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 jumps at the opportunity

What is jumps at the opportunity the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Jumps at the opportunity is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jump at the opportunity.

Words near jumps at the opportunity in the dictionary

  1. jumps and dumps
  2. jumps around
  3. jumps at
  4. jumps at one's own shadow
  5. jumps at the chance
  6. jumps at the opportunity
  7. jumps bail
  8. jumps before one is pushed
  9. jumps claims
  10. jumps down
  11. jumps down someone's throat

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