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  • grab — ► VERB (grabbed, grabbing) 1) seize suddenly and roughly. 2) informal obtain quickly or opportunistically. 3) informal impress: how does that grab you? ► NOUN 1) a quick sudden attempt to seize. 2) …   English terms dictionary

  • grab someone by the throat — grab (or take) someone by the throat put one s hands around someone s throat, typically in an attempt to throttle them ■ grab something by the throat seize control of something in the second half, the Huskies took the game by the throat ■ attract …   Useful english dictionary

  • grab — /græb / (say grab) verb (t) (grabbed, grabbing) 1. to seize suddenly and eagerly; snatch. 2. to take illegal possession of; seize forcibly or unscrupulously: to grab land. 3. Colloquial to affect; impress: how does that grab you? 4. Colloquial to …  

  • grab — ▪ I. grab grab 1 [græb] verb grabbed PTandPPX grabbing PRESPARTX [intransitive, transitive] to take or obtain something that other people also want: • Both companies are looking to grab a share of the overseas market.   [m0] ▪ II. grab …   Financial and business terms

  • grab — [[t]græ̱b[/t]] ♦♦♦ grabs, grabbing, grabbed 1) VERB If you grab something, you take it or pick it up suddenly and roughly. [V n] I managed to grab her hand... [V n by/round n] I grabbed him by the neck. 2) VERB If you grab at something, you try… …   English dictionary

  • grab — I UK [ɡræb] / US verb [transitive] Word forms grab : present tense I/you/we/they grab he/she/it grabs present participle grabbing past tense grabbed past participle grabbed ** 1) to take hold of something in a rough or rude way He grabbed the… …   English dictionary

  • grab — grab1 [ græb ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to take hold of something in a rough or rude way: He grabs a knife and dives at the robber. One of the men was grabbed and shoved into a car. grab hold of: I grabbed hold of his hair. grab someone by… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • grab*/ — [græb] verb [T] I 1) to take hold of something in a rough or rude way He grabbed the knife before I could get to it.[/ex] I grabbed hold of his hair.[/ex] Ben grabbed Marco by the arm.[/ex] 2) to succeed in getting something, especially by being… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • grab — v. & n. v. (grabbed, grabbing) 1 tr. a seize suddenly. b capture, arrest. 2 tr. take greedily or unfairly. 3 tr. sl. attract the attention of, impress. 4 intr. (foll. by at) make a sudden snatch at. 5 intr. (of the brakes of a motor vehicle) act… …   Useful english dictionary

  • grab — verb (grabs, grabbing, grabbed) 1》 seize suddenly and roughly.     ↘informal obtain opportunistically or quickly. 2》 [usu. with negative or in questions] informal impress: how does that grab you? noun 1》 a quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize …   English new terms dictionary

  • Smash and grab — is a term first coined in South Africa to describe a criminal activity that involves the breaking of a car window and grabbing (quickly taking) of valuables and running away. This practise occurs when the vehicle is temporarily stationary at a… …   Wikipedia

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