Usually means: Grasp and utilize quickly, eagerly.
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  1. seize upon: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. seize upon: Wiktionary
  3. seize upon: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. seize upon: Legal dictionary

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  1. seize upon: Medical dictionary

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  1. seize upon: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (seize upon)

verb:  To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.
verb:  To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.
verb:  To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt.

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