Idiom
make a grab
Meaning
To try to take quickly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The cat tried to make a grab for my sandwich.”
“When the store opened for the sale, the shoppers made a grab for the discounted items.”
“Seeing the last available seat on the train, he made a grab for it before anyone else could react.”
Examples
simple
“The cat tried to make a grab for my sandwich.”
contextual
“When the store opened for the sale, the shoppers made a grab for the discounted items.”
complex
“Seeing the last available seat on the train, he made a grab for it before anyone else could react.”
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