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Rareseize on
The correct spelling is seize on.
How to pronounce seize on
verb
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The correct spelling is seize on. To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly. For example: "The child seized upon the cat's tail as soon as it was within reach."
Usage Examples
“The child seized upon the cat's tail as soon as it was within reach.”
“I heard her ideas and seized upon them immediately.”
“After the controversy of her public statement, she has been the darling of right-wing groups who have seized upon her as the poster child of their cause.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.
- 2.To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.
- 3.To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt.
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