seize the opportunity

== English == === Verb === seize the opportunity (third-person singular simple present seizes the opportunity, present participle seizing the opportunity, simple past and past participle seized the opportunity) (idiomatic) To immediately seize a particular opportunity. Synonyms: jump at the chance, jump at the opportunity 1898, Jason E. Hammond, “Work and Reward” in Suggestive Programs for Special Day Exercises, Lansing, Michigan: Department of Public Instruction for District Schools, p. ,[3] ==== See also ====