jump at
phrasal verb
jumped at; jumping at; jumps at
: to eagerly take (a chance, offer, etc.)
She jumped at the chance/opportunity to show her boss what she could do.
He jumped at the offer of a better job.
Examples of jump at in a Sentence
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Politicians of all stripes jumped at the opportunity to campaign with and earn endorsements from country artists in the Vietnam era.
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Joseph M. Thompson / Made By History, TIME, 6 June 2024
Hypersonic passenger planes, deep-sea thermal-energy power plants, chording keyboards—all have their adherents, eager to jump at the chance of covering their infatuation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
But professional users who want more power for their daily work or creators who need something beefier to handle heavy media work will rightly jump at the new processors.
—PCMAG, 25 May 2024
Aside from the bill sponsors, though, most Maryland officials are not jumping at the chance to raise taxes this election year.
—Capital News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
After spending the height of the COVID-19 pandemic alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment, author Glynnis MacNicol jumped at the opportunity to sublet her friend’s Paris home in August 2021.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024
Wirth jumped at the idea, and four students — Ana Garay, Rebecca Leaper, Allison Morton and Sophie Romine — delivered design proposals for review by town officials.
—Nico Gomez/queens University News Service, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2024
Look for opportunity, and jump at the chance to embark on change.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Green points out that while active managers normally keep a cash buffer of around 5 percent to soften outflows (or to jump at new opportunities), passive funds don’t.
—Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Joseph M. Thompson / Made By History, TIME, 6 June 2024
Hypersonic passenger planes, deep-sea thermal-energy power plants, chording keyboards—all have their adherents, eager to jump at the chance of covering their infatuation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
But professional users who want more power for their daily work or creators who need something beefier to handle heavy media work will rightly jump at the new processors.
—PCMAG, 25 May 2024
Aside from the bill sponsors, though, most Maryland officials are not jumping at the chance to raise taxes this election year.
—Capital News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
After spending the height of the COVID-19 pandemic alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment, author Glynnis MacNicol jumped at the opportunity to sublet her friend’s Paris home in August 2021.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024
Wirth jumped at the idea, and four students — Ana Garay, Rebecca Leaper, Allison Morton and Sophie Romine — delivered design proposals for review by town officials.
—Nico Gomez/queens University News Service, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2024
Look for opportunity, and jump at the chance to embark on change.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Green points out that while active managers normally keep a cash buffer of around 5 percent to soften outflows (or to jump at new opportunities), passive funds don’t.
—Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Jump at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%20at. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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