[V] ~ (on / upon sb/sth) to move suddenly forwards in order to attack or catch sb/sth:
The lion crouched ready to pounce. * The muggers pounced on her as she got out of the car. * Owen pounced on the loose ball and scored.
PHRASALVERBS
pounce on / upon sth to quickly notice sth that sb has said or done, especially in order to criticize it
SYNSEIZEON/UPON:
His comments were pounced upon by the press.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for pounce is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is pounce a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, pounce is tagged as verb.
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