Idiom
jump for joy
Meaning
To exult, rejoice, or feel elation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The children jump for joy when they see the ice cream truck.”
“She jumped for joy when she received the news that she got the promotion.”
“Upon hearing that the long-awaited project had finally received full funding, the entire team jumped for joy at the prospect of their hard work coming to fruition.”
Examples
simple
“The children jump for joy when they see the ice cream truck.”
contextual
“She jumped for joy when she received the news that she got the promotion.”
complex
“Upon hearing that the long-awaited project had finally received full funding, the entire team jumped for joy at the prospect of their hard work coming to fruition.”
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