pounceverb [ I ]
uk/paʊns/us/paʊns/to jump or move quickly in order to catch or take hold of something:
The cat sat in the tree ready to pounce on the ducks below.
The police were waiting to pounce when he arrived at the airport.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- cage
- capture
- catch
- collar
- corner
- entangle
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
- snatch at sth
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Hurrying and doing things quickly
Phrasal verb(s)
pounce on sth