Grab
verb
To take hold of something quickly with your hand.
He grabbed his coat and left the room.
Often appears as...
- grab a bite
- grab a drink
verb
To take the opportunity to get, use or enjoy something quickly.
I grabbed the chance to go to Paris.
Often appears as...
- grab the opportunity
- grab your attention
verb
To attract someone's attention.
The movie failed to grab my attention.
Often appears as...
- grab an attention
- grab a headliner
noun
An act of quickly taking hold of something.
She made a grab for the money.
Often appears as...
- make a grab
- quick grab
verb
To take hold of something quickly with your hand.
He grabbed his coat and left the room.
Often appears as...
- grab a bite
- grab a drink
verb
To take the opportunity to get, use or enjoy something quickly.
I grabbed the chance to go to Paris.
Often appears as...
- grab the opportunity
- grab your attention
verb
To attract someone's attention.
The movie failed to grab my attention.
Often appears as...
- grab an attention
- grab a headliner
noun
An act of quickly taking hold of something.
She made a grab for the money.
Often appears as...
- make a grab
- quick grab
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Pro Tip 1/3Quick Action
Use 'grab' to describe an action done with speed and little hesitation.
Quickly, she grabbed the ringing phone.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Situations
'Grab' is casual and often used in everyday, informal contexts.
Let's grab a coffee sometime.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Action
Implies a physical action involving your hands, not just touching.
He grabbed the railing to steady himself.
Pro Tip 1/3Quick Action
Use 'grab' to describe an action done with speed and little hesitation.
Quickly, she grabbed the ringing phone.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Situations
'Grab' is casual and often used in everyday, informal contexts.
Let's grab a coffee sometime.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Action
Implies a physical action involving your hands, not just touching.
He grabbed the railing to steady himself.
Pro Tip 1/3Quick Action
Use 'grab' to describe an action done with speed and little hesitation.
Quickly, she grabbed the ringing phone.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Situations
'Grab' is casual and often used in everyday, informal contexts.
Let's grab a coffee sometime.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Action
Implies a physical action involving your hands, not just touching.
He grabbed the railing to steady himself.
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4 Adorable Animals That...
these guys in the world which would be incredible so that'd be lovely once it's all done now was this useful this contraption thing here they've basically old-school zoo keeping if an animal was sick you'd have to kind of grab it in a net and take it up to the vets in an emergency style but nowadays we don't we
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Where do genes come...
that grab odor molecules. The mutations let them grab different molecules, giving us the power to perceive trillions of different smells. Sometimes mutations have a bigger effect on new copies of genes. They may cause a gene to make its protein in a different organ, or at a different time of life,
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Baby Parrots Rescued...
for people to grab them it's really really sad and it's unfortunately quite common most baby parrots never even make it to market the vast majority die on root the way the people carry these animals is completely inhumane they're wrapped up in plastic bags they usually
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A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
spoon I grabbed it from his hand I run my thumb on it it was greasy I took a smiie a sniff of it it was already smelling of somewhere it's been reused you know plastic has got so many chemical complexes in it phthalates chill aids bisphenol this cause cancer
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Larry Smith: Why you...
one of them might grab you, one of them might engage you more than anything else, and then you may have found your greatest love, in comparison to all the other things that interest you, and that's what passion is. I have a friend, proposed to his sweetie.
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Hair-Raising Hyena...
and i'd love to be able to tell you that the reason for her lion attacking a hyena is simply to defend its meal but you know what truth is lions are pretty brutish and they will try and grab and kill just about anything whether it's a predator or
Video examples
Can you solve the virus...
all the sample vials have broken. The virus is contained for now, but unless you can destroy it, the vents will soon open and unleash a deadly airborne plague. Without hesitation, you grab your HazMat suit and get ready to save the world.
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Eternal Adversaries:...
Truth is, lions are pretty brutish and they will try and grab and kill just about anything, whether it's a predator or otherwise. If it doesn't represent a meal, they just leave it. If it does, of course they eat it,
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A message of peace, hope...
what I wrote it meant that if I found something I'd have to grab it otherwise I'd be a hypocrite to myself and to others and that would be a bad example so I felt an incredible responsibility in some way to
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Top 5 Nail-Biting...
I hope they were symptom because they will get tired and if a crop grabs them resurrection the poor mothers just don't know what to do they have no way of lifting them out and David can't even help
Video examples
4 Adorable Animals That...
these guys in the world which would be incredible so that'd be lovely once it's all done now was this useful this contraption thing here they've basically old-school zoo keeping if an animal was sick you'd have to kind of grab it in a net and take it up to the vets in an emergency style but nowadays we don't we
Video examples
Where do genes come...
that grab odor molecules. The mutations let them grab different molecules, giving us the power to perceive trillions of different smells. Sometimes mutations have a bigger effect on new copies of genes. They may cause a gene to make its protein in a different organ, or at a different time of life,
Video examples
Baby Parrots Rescued...
for people to grab them it's really really sad and it's unfortunately quite common most baby parrots never even make it to market the vast majority die on root the way the people carry these animals is completely inhumane they're wrapped up in plastic bags they usually
Video examples
A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
spoon I grabbed it from his hand I run my thumb on it it was greasy I took a smiie a sniff of it it was already smelling of somewhere it's been reused you know plastic has got so many chemical complexes in it phthalates chill aids bisphenol this cause cancer
Video examples
Larry Smith: Why you...
one of them might grab you, one of them might engage you more than anything else, and then you may have found your greatest love, in comparison to all the other things that interest you, and that's what passion is. I have a friend, proposed to his sweetie.
Video examples
Hair-Raising Hyena...
and i'd love to be able to tell you that the reason for her lion attacking a hyena is simply to defend its meal but you know what truth is lions are pretty brutish and they will try and grab and kill just about anything whether it's a predator or
Video examples
Can you solve the virus...
all the sample vials have broken. The virus is contained for now, but unless you can destroy it, the vents will soon open and unleash a deadly airborne plague. Without hesitation, you grab your HazMat suit and get ready to save the world.
Video examples
Eternal Adversaries:...
Truth is, lions are pretty brutish and they will try and grab and kill just about anything, whether it's a predator or otherwise. If it doesn't represent a meal, they just leave it. If it does, of course they eat it,
Video examples
A message of peace, hope...
what I wrote it meant that if I found something I'd have to grab it otherwise I'd be a hypocrite to myself and to others and that would be a bad example so I felt an incredible responsibility in some way to
Video examples
Top 5 Nail-Biting...
I hope they were symptom because they will get tired and if a crop grabs them resurrection the poor mothers just don't know what to do they have no way of lifting them out and David can't even help
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Kate del Castillo
Mexican Actress
For me, I never take a job thinking it's going to grab ratings or that it's even going to be a success. I don't. I just take the job because I love the character. Or I love the script. Maybe I love the director. But whatever I do, I never think about how it will do. That is not in my hands.
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Nigel Hawthorne
English Actor
I'm not looking at any stage stuff at all. I'm going to give that a break for a while, if not forever, because I've done a huge amount of stage stuff and if the possibility of working in pictures comes along, I'd be silly if I didn't grab it.
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Randy Houser
American Musician
I remember when I met my wife and that she could just grab my hand and I would just ease. I don't know how to say that but it was one of the coolest things. It was strange, but it definitely changed my life.
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James Bay
British Musician
There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a guitar, right?
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
Some of the most lasting contacts and friendships that I have developed began by just grabbing a drink or breaking bread with a stranger at an industry event.
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Ted Naifeh
American Writer
Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader's attention.
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Robin Gibb
English Musician
Losing people makes you realize you've got to grab life - not put things off.
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Mani Ratnam
Indian Director
Sometimes, I think filmmakers grab too much from real life.
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it.
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Sam Shepard
American Playwright
It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Kate del Castillo
Mexican Actress
For me, I never take a job thinking it's going to grab ratings or that it's even going to be a success. I don't. I just take the job because I love the character. Or I love the script. Maybe I love the director. But whatever I do, I never think about how it will do. That is not in my hands.
Quote examples
Nigel Hawthorne
English Actor
I'm not looking at any stage stuff at all. I'm going to give that a break for a while, if not forever, because I've done a huge amount of stage stuff and if the possibility of working in pictures comes along, I'd be silly if I didn't grab it.
Quote examples
Randy Houser
American Musician
I remember when I met my wife and that she could just grab my hand and I would just ease. I don't know how to say that but it was one of the coolest things. It was strange, but it definitely changed my life.
Quote examples
James Bay
British Musician
There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a guitar, right?
Quote examples
Jay Samit
American Businessman
Some of the most lasting contacts and friendships that I have developed began by just grabbing a drink or breaking bread with a stranger at an industry event.
Quote examples
Ted Naifeh
American Writer
Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader's attention.
Quote examples
Robin Gibb
English Musician
Losing people makes you realize you've got to grab life - not put things off.
Quote examples
Mani Ratnam
Indian Director
Sometimes, I think filmmakers grab too much from real life.
Quote examples
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it.
Quote examples
Sam Shepard
American Playwright
It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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