OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 9163

grab

/ɡɹæb/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
asir
To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge.
Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and manage…
agarrar • apercollar • apergollar
To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
Stop grabbing or I won't give you any cookies.
The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun.
arrestar • detener
To restrain someone; to arrest.
captar
To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me Today I need something more substantial
How does that idea grab you?
Phrases
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