HyperDic: seize_on

English > 1 sense of the expression seize on:
VERBcognitionseize on, take up, latch on, fasten on, hook onadopt
English > seize on: 1 sense > verb 1, cognition
MeaningAdopt.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
Synonymstake up, latch on, fasten on, hook on
Broaderespouse, embrace, adopt, sweep uptake up the cause, ideology / ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Catalanagafar-se, fixar-se

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