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jump at the chance

verb

Definitions

  1. To immediately accept an offer

    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. […]
    • When two other refugees asked him to help set up a Piaget distributorship in New York, he jumped at the chance.
    • When we learned that the O.E.D. Online was revamped late last year, we jumped at the chance to learn more about how this esteemed publication (which first stirred to life in 1857) was adapting itself for a modern online audience.

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