leap at sth
— phrasal verb with leap uk/liːp/us/liːp/verb [ I + adv/prep ] leaped or leapt, leaped or leapt
C2 to eagerly accept the chance to do or have something:
When I offered her the job, she leapt at it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- court
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- settlement
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
- without a murmur idiom
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