"jump at the chance" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-jump at the chance.ogg [Australia] Forms: jumps at the chance [present, singular, third-person], jumping at the chance [participle, present], jumped at the chance [participle, past], jumped at the chance [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: jump on
    Sense id: en-jump_at_the_chance-en-verb-~RT~RVm2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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