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To take or grasp suddenly: grabbed the letter from me.
(verb-transitive)
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To capture or restrain; arrest.
(verb-transitive)
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To obtain or appropriate unscrupulously or forcibly: grab public funds; grab power.
(verb-transitive)
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To take hurriedly: grabbed my coat and hat and left.
(verb-transitive)
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Slang To capture the attention of: a plot that grabs the reader.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.