New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: seize on · seize up · strike upon · set upon · size up · stoke up on · bear upon · bring upon · come upon · enter upon

seize on

(also

seize upon

) (v + prep) TRANSITIVEthey seized on it as a sign of hope ghlac siad leis gur chomhartha dóchais éthe thief seized upon the chaos to ransack the building tháinig an gadaí i dtír ar an anord chun an foirgneamh a ransú → see seize

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the thief seized upon the chaos to ransack the building tháinig an gadaí i dtír ar an anord chun an foirgneamh a ransú

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