"jump at" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-jump at.ogg [Australia] Forms: jumps at [present, singular, third-person], jumping at [participle, present], jumped at [participle, past], jumped at [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jump at (third-person singular simple present jumps at, present participle jumping at, simple past and past participle jumped at)
  1. (idiomatic) To accept something enthusiastically. Usually an opportunity, or chance, or job etc. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to accept something enthusiastically): приемам охотно (priemam ohotno) (Bulgarian), tarrata (Finnish), rynnätä (Finnish), apresurarse (Spanish), aprovechar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-jump_at-en-verb-gCHUWPlq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (at)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jump at meaning in English (2.2kB)

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