seize upon
Upper Intermediate (B2) formal
To quickly grab onto an idea or chance and use it to your advantage.
"The press seized upon the celebrity's offhand remark and turned it into a national controversy."
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Bezos Just Showed You Everything Wrong With This Country
The Chris Cuomo Project · 21:10
So, seize upon that.
Why English behaves like this.
RobWords · 21:43
English speakers seize upon that word that the French