Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
grab off — {v.}, {informal} To take quickly; take or grab before anybody else can; choose for yourself. * /The people who got to the show first grabbed off the best seats./ * /The women hurried to the store to grab off the things on sale./ * /The prettiest… … Dictionary of American idioms
grab\ off — v informal To take quickly; take or grab before anybody else can; choose for yourself. The people who got to the show first grabbed off the best seats. The women hurried to the store to grab off the things on sale. The prettiest girls at the… … Словарь американских идиом
grab off — transitive verb 1. : to take or appropriate forcefully or with haste or forthrightness dash in and grab off choice pieces of land F.P.Gipson two Swiss mountaineers … had grabbed off the honors for the first ascent Time 2. : to choose for a… … Useful english dictionary
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Grab Your Socks — is a 1963 animated short made by King Features Syndicate and stars Beetle Bailey. The short centers on Sergeant Snorkel s obsession with being up early for an inspection by The Pentagon.The PlotThe short starts with General Halftrack getting a… … Wikipedia
grab — 01. It s rude to [grab] things from people. 02. Could you please [grab] me a beer while you re in the kitchen? 03. The child almost fell off his chair, but his mother [grabbed] his arm at the last second, and saved him. 04. Mom! Kelly [grabbed]… … Grammatical examples in English
grab — grab1 W3S3 [græb] v past tense and past participle grabbed present participle grabbing [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(with your hand)¦ 2¦(food/sleep)¦ 3¦(get something for yourself)¦ 4¦(chance/opportunity)¦ 5¦(get attention)¦ 6 how does something grab you? … Dictionary of contemporary English
grab — ▪ I. grab grab 1 [græb] verb grabbed PTandPPX grabbing PRESPARTX [intransitive, transitive] to take or obtain something that other people also want: • Both companies are looking to grab a share of the overseas market. [m0] ▪ II. grab … Financial and business terms
grab — Synonyms and related words: abduct, abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, annex, apprehend, apprehension, appropriate, arrest, arrest the thoughts, arrestation, arrogate, burglary, caper, capture, carry off, catch, catch the thoughts, catching … Moby Thesaurus
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