| 单词 | to have the grab on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have the grab on a. A quick sudden clutch, grasp, seizure, or attempt to seize. Also figurative (cf. sense 1b); to have the grab on (slang): to have great advantage of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] nomea1300 arrestc1386 seizingc1400 rugging1507 rapping1541 grasping1546 seizement1581 expropriation1626 possessionc1693 grabbing1788 grab1835 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing > suddenly or eagerly > sudden or violent grasp snatch1587 click1824 clutch1833 grab1835 1835 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. viii He makes a grab at me, and I shuts the door right to on his wrist. 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 111 I rose gently with both hands ready for a grab. 1857 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1856–7 2 287 Hotel-keepers would not act as if it was the last and only grab. 1859 T. De Quincey Incognito (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay XI. 3 The chairman, unable to control his impatience, made a grab at it. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxi. 429 The railroads, of course, get the first grab, their land is already secured. < as lemmas |
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