pounce on sth
— phrasal verb with pounce uk/paʊns/us/paʊns/verb [ I ]
(CRITICIZE)
to immediately criticize a mistake:
He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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(ACCEPT)
to accept something quickly and with enthusiasm:
I think if she were given the opportunity to work here, she'd pounce on it.
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- settlement
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
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