'jump for' versus 'jump in' or 'jump on'

[Cornel]

With no intention of beeing disrespectful to you, it seems to me that you missunderstood my point, sir.

The form "jump for joy" is a very well known idiom and I have no problem with it.

My problem of understanding reffers to the meaning and using of the construction "jumped for the chair" or generally "jumped for something" (if possible).
You said in a previous post "jumped for his chair (i.e. with the desk chair as his goal) ..." (I dared to quote you).
That's my problem. What is the meaning of "jump for" in this construction? It means "directed fast", "moved fast towards the chair and sat", "ran to the chair and sat as fast as possible"...
Can be used in a figurative way?
Thanks.

PS. I found on the net a simillar construction, but only one by now (from about 30 sites). I'll keep searching.
"…Not quite willing to jump for something to lay down, we passed." ….(http://rocktreesky.com/virginia-wine-country)

[Mister Micawber]

If that's what you meant, then I did indeed misunderstand you. 'Jump for (smthg)' is not an idiom. It just means what you said: directed fast, moved fast towards.

How would you like to use it figuratively?
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[Cornel]

Thanks for clarifying my problem. Now it's clear.
As a figurative using I was thinking of something like ...
"All his life he did nothing but jumped for his own glory".
Is it correct to use it figuratively in this way (moved fast in a certain direction following an egoistic goal in his life) or it doesn't make any sense?
Regards.

[Mister Micawber]

I think that is pushing it too far, though a novelist might use something like that.
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[Cornel]

Many thanks sir!