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Phrase(s): leap at the opportunity (to do something) [and] leap at the chance (to do something); jump at the chance (to do something); jump at the opportunity (to do something)
Fig. to accept an opportunity eagerly. • Frank leapt at the opportunity to become a commercial artist. • It was a great idea and we leapt at the opportunity. • I would leap at the chance to go to Moscow. • His company proposed to send him to England, and John jumped at the chance.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs