Accept eagerly, with "at"

I believe the answer is:

leap

(Other definitions for leap that I've seen before include "identify extra day?" , "'Look before you . . . .'" , "vault" , "Sort of year" , "Jump suddenly" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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