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grab

Definition for grab

verb as in seize suddenly or quickly

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He immediately signaled toward the bench for a sub and walked gingerly back to the sideline while grabbing toward his right knee.

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It was the federal officer, she said, who grabbed the umbrella, yanking the fabric off.

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The absence of those elements here makes “Hamnet” simply derivative; a loose thread, grabbed swiftly and pulled hard in the hopes that the audience will be undone.

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Granted permission to take the bottle, he grabbed it, rose from his seat and walked out the back of the interview tent, the offseason finally having arrived.

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What started as the lunch of well-paid office workers is now something that anyone—a hairdresser, a college student, a delivery driver—might grab on a break.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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