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Synonyms for grab

snatch

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lunge

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for grab

to get hold of (something moving)

to take firmly with the hand and maintain a hold on

to take quick and forcible possession of

to compel, as the attention, interest, or imagination, of

the act of catching, especially a sudden taking and holding

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Synonyms for grab

a mechanical device for gripping an object

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take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

get hold of or seize quickly and easily

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make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand

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obtain illegally or unscrupulously

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take or grasp suddenly

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capture the attention or imagination of

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