seize upon in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for seize upon in the English»Italian Dictionary

See also on

I.on [Brit ɒn, Am ɑn, ɔn] PREP

1. on (position):

II.on [Brit ɒn, Am ɑn, ɔn] ADV

III.on [Brit ɒn, Am ɑn, ɔn] ADJ

IV.on [Brit ɒn, Am ɑn, ɔn]

seize upon in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for seize upon in the English»Italian Dictionary

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Tying education to industry, he said that industry that had once been slow to seize upon scientific advances was now demanding them.
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It was an easy theme for me to seize upon.
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The banks then seize upon their jugulars by just raising the principal and interest to unattainable levels.
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We seize upon every failure we made as parents as the cause.
www.smh.com.au
No wrong step, no faulty positioning, no failure of imagination, was too small for him to seize upon.
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The proposal is controversial, and critics were quick to seize upon the spill.
bc.ctvnews.ca
I fear that those who seize upon this so-called danger will succeed in diverting attention from far more dangerous threats.
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It would be a mistake, too, to seize upon these instances of overt vulgarity while ignoring more insidious forms of sexist language.
www.newyorker.com
The expansion proposal is controversial, and critics were quick this week to seize upon the spill.
business.financialpost.com
You seize upon an issue that forces people to take notice and take sides.
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