pounce+upon
11pounce — [[t]pa͟ʊns[/t]] pounces, pouncing, pounced 1) VERB If someone pounces on you, they come up towards you suddenly and take hold of you. [V on/upon n] He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera... Fraud squad officers had… …
12pounce — 1. v. & n. v.intr. 1 spring or swoop, esp. as in capturing prey. 2 (often foll. by on, upon) a make a sudden attack. b seize eagerly upon an object, remark, etc. (pounced on what we said). n. 1 the act or an instance of pouncing. 2 the claw or… …
13pounce — v. (d; intr.) to pounce on, upon (the cat pounced on the mouse) * * * [paʊns] upon (the cat pounced on the mouse) (d; intr.) to pounce on …
14pounce — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, punching tool, dagger, talon more at punch Date: 15th century the claw of a bird of prey II. intransitive verb (pounced; pouncing) Date: 1744 1. a. to swoop upon and seize something with or as if with talons …
15pounce — I. /paʊns / (say powns) verb (pounced, pouncing) –verb (i) 1. to swoop down suddenly and lay hold, as a bird does on its prey. 2. to spring, dash, or come suddenly. –verb (t) 3. to seize with the talons. 4. to swoop down upon and seize suddenly,… …
16pounce — v 1. swoop down, descend, fall upon, come down on or upon; drop down from the clouds, come out of nowhere, come out of the blue; surprise, take by surprise, catch or take unawares. 2. lunge at, leap at, spring upon, jump at; dash at, go at, have… …
17pounce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. spring, leap, jump; snatch, grasp, seize; ambush. See descent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. swoop down, spring on, leap on; see dive 1 , jump 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. spring, leap, swoop,… …
18come upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, appear unexpectedly, arrive at, arrive upon, be unexpected, blunder upon, bob up, bump into, chance upon, come across, come among, come at, come on, come unawares, come up against, confront, creep up on,… …
19fall upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, ambush, appear unexpectedly, arrive at, arrive upon, assail, assault, attack, be unexpected, blitz, bob up, bump into, bushwhack, come across, come among, come at, come down on, come unawares, come up… …
20fasten upon — Synonyms and related words: account for, accredit with, accrete to, accuse, acknowledge, allege, apply to, arraign, article, ascribe to, assign to, attach to, attribute to, blame, blame for, blame on, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring… …
