seize on/uponsomething
phrasal verbwithseizeverbuk/siːz/us/siːz/
to use,accept, or takeadvantageof somethingquicklyorenthusiastically:
Thestorywasseizedon by thetabloidpress, whoprintedit underhugeheadlines.
Getting, receiving and accepting
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- carve
- carvesomethingout (foryourself)
- draw
- earn
- fill
- get out ofsomething
- get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
- glom ontosomething/someone
- go tosomeone
- honoree
- score
- screwsomethingout ofsomeone
- secure
- seize
- snapsomethingup
- snatch
- snatch atsomething