leap at

phrasal verb

leaped at or leapt at; leaping at; leaps at

: to eagerly take (a chance, opportunity, etc.)

She leaped at the offer of a better job.

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That said, most of the biggest sports accounts on Bluesky are still posting on X as well, and many other big brands have not yet made the leap at all. —

Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Nov. 2024 His 41-inch vertical leap at the combine led all safeties, and his 79 1/8 wingspan ranked third among draft insider Dane Brugler’s top 21 safety prospects. —

Ben Standig, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024 Some eager part of me—my inner novelist, perhaps—leaps at the opportunity to explain this compulsion in narrative terms. —

Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024 So when a former journalist contacted her about redesigning his house after his late wife lost her long battle with cancer, Sam leapt at the opportunity to bring his literary vision to life. —

Isabel Slone, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for leap at