leap at the chance (to do something)
leap at the chance (to do something)
To accept or seize with alacrity an opportunity (to do something). Mark complains about his teaching job a lot, but I knew if he were offered a tenured position in the school, he would leap at the chance. When our manager said she was leaving the company, I leaped at the chance to fill the job.
See also: chance, leap
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- jump at the chance (to do something)
- jump at the opportunity
- jump at the opportunity (to do something)
- leap at the opportunity
- leap at the opportunity (to do something)
- jump at
- jump at (something)
- seize the opportunity
- seize the opportunity (to do something)
- leap at (someone or something)