Dictionary
is seize
verb
To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
Exact(20)
My philosophy is: Seize the day.
What Governor Paterson can do is seize this initiative and go for it — shut the loopholes down".
The European message for Labour is seize the moment and show clearly whose side we are on.
LONDON — The first thing Stephen Merchant does in his new stand-up act is seize the elephant in the room and wrestle it to the ground.
(A major exception is "Seize the Day," which is formally perfectly realized. But that book is a novella, a day in the life. It doesn't require a plot).
One of the most important — and movingly described — lessons you learn from your high-school debate coach, Curt Robison at Loomis Chaffee, is "Seize the moral high ground".
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The press is seized.
How come their database is seized?
Precedent is seized upon by both sides.
Columbia Gas is seizing the moment.
The next thing I remember is seizing.
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