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What is another word for seize upon?

Pronunciation: [sˈiːz əpˌɒn] (IPA)

Seize upon is a common phrase that means to take advantage of or grab onto something quickly and eagerly. However, there are many synonyms that convey the same or similar meaning. For example, one can say "jump at," "grab," "snatch," "seize," "grasp," "capture," "take up," "pounce on," "snag," or "clutch." These words all imply a sense of urgency and a desire to acquire or take control of something before someone else does. Each of these synonyms can be used to describe a situation in which someone grabs an opportunity or takes advantage of a circumstance.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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  • The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion. It is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.
    Auguste Renoir
  • Isn’t it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow. Chirology may be one of the vital sciences of the future. ~ Albert Einstein (“Seeing into the Future” ~ Harvey Day) I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon me, a scientist, dealing in abstract things and happy if left alone, is a manifestation of mass psychology that is beyond me. I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious. The ideals that have lighted my way and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth. The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German Ambassador: “they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits.
    Albert Einstein
  • How like fish we are: ready, nay eager, to seize upon whatever new thing some wind of circumstance shakes down upon the river of time! … Even so, I think there is some virtue in eagerness, whether its object prove true or false.
    Aldo Leopold
  • I know just enough about myself to know I cannot settle for one of those simplifications which indignant people seize upon to make understandable a world too complex for their comprehension.
    John D. MacDonald
  • I want to finish work on my mother's juvenile (Farmer Boy manuscript) by the end of June. There's a curious half-angry reluctance in my writing for other people. I say to myself that whatever earnings there may be are all in the family. Also I seize upon this task as an excuse to postpone my own work.
    Rose Wilder Lane

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