accept+eagerly

  • 11eat up — {v.} 1. To eat all of. * /After hiking all afternoon, they quickly ate up all of the dinner./ 2. To use all of. * /Idle talk had eaten up the hour before they knew it./ 3. {slang} To accept eagerly; welcome. * /The girls told John he was a hero… …

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  • 12snap up — {v.}, {informal} To take or accept eagerly. * /Eggs were on sale cheap, and the shoppers snapped up the bargain./ * /Mr. Hayes told Bob that he would take him skiing, and Bob snapped up the offer./ …

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  • 13eat up — {v.} 1. To eat all of. * /After hiking all afternoon, they quickly ate up all of the dinner./ 2. To use all of. * /Idle talk had eaten up the hour before they knew it./ 3. {slang} To accept eagerly; welcome. * /The girls told John he was a hero… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14snap up — {v.}, {informal} To take or accept eagerly. * /Eggs were on sale cheap, and the shoppers snapped up the bargain./ * /Mr. Hayes told Bob that he would take him skiing, and Bob snapped up the offer./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 15devour — early 14c., from O.Fr. devorer (12c.) devour, swallow up, engulf, from L. devorare swallow down, accept eagerly, from de down (see DE (Cf. de )) + vorare to swallow (see VORACITY (Cf. voracity)). Related: Devoured; devouring …

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  • 16eat\ up — v 1. To eat all of. After hiking all afternoon, they quickly ate up all of the dinner. 2. To use all of. Idle talk had eaten up the hour before they knew it. 3. slang To accept eagerly; welcome. The girls told John he was a hero because he made… …

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  • 17snap\ up — v informal To take or accept eagerly. Eggs were on sale cheap, and the shoppers snapped up the bargain. Mr. Hayes told Bob that he would take him skiing, and Bob snapped up the offer …

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  • 18snap up — take or accept eagerly The tickets to the concert were snapped up in three hours …

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  • 19jump — verb 1》 push oneself into the air using the muscles in one s legs and feet.     ↘pass over by jumping. 2》 move suddenly and quickly.     ↘make a sudden involuntary movement in surprise.     ↘get on or off (a vehicle) quickly.     ↘(also jump on)… …

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  • 20jump — 1. verb 1) the cat jumped off his lap Flora began to jump around Syn: leap, spring, bound, hop; skip, caper, dance, prance, frolic, cavort 2) he jumped the fence Syn …

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