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

Recent Examples on the Web

Sheriff Bill Waybourn said the Sheriff’s Office jumped at the chance when the Sojourn 250 organizers approached it about hosting the flag-raising ceremony. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Dec. 2025

Playbook’s fate is uncertain after that, but ESPN executives jumped at the chance to test how machine-learning models could provide additional insight for viewers. —Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 17 Dec. 2025

While spending time with the managing editor of Soho News, where he'd recently been hired, the photographer jumped at the chance to meet the rock legend. —Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025

Oliver Coppard, mayor of South Yorkshire, England, jumped at the chance to work with Bloomberg Philanthropies again. —Glenn Gamboa, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for jump at

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat