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                            Phrase(s): leap for joy [and] jump for joy 
Fig. to jump up because one is happy; to be very happy.  •  Tommy leapt for joy because he had won the race.  •  We all leapt for joy when we heard the news.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs