grab the headlines

grab (the) headlines

To be featured in the headlines of news articles, as due to being particularly newsworthy, important, popular, fashionable, etc. It may not be so tremendous as to grab the headlines, but this small change in immigration law could have a huge impact on foreign workers. The pop star grabbed headlines yesterday after his latest run-in with police.
See also: grab, headline
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

grab the headlines

or

grab headlines

If someone or something grabs the headlines or grabs headlines, they get a lot of attention in the newspapers, on TV, etc. He is not among the players who have been grabbing the headlines this season. His visit to the US is bound to grab headlines.
See also: grab, headline
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

grab/hit/make the ˈheadlines

(informal) be an important item of news in newspapers or on the radio or television: His reputation has suffered a lot since the scandal over his love affair hit the headlines.
See also: grab, headline, hit, make
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • grab (the) headlines
  • make (the) headlines
  • hit (the) headlines
  • hit the headlines
  • headline
  • catch (the) headlines
  • make the papers
  • brain bucket
  • be hot stuff
  • high society
References in periodicals archive
Hitting back over the MLA's comments, Gambhir said that people like him make such statements only to grab the headlines.
And his Ireland team-mate Jon Walters reckons Whelan is a vital cog in the Potters wheel, even if he doesn't grab the headlines.
In all but one of the seven games played, the officials managed to grab the headlines by willfully or not affecting the results with ludicrous decisions.
Frankly, it often seems like a lot of fuss over nothing, but if you manage to appear alongside the likes of Jonathan Ross and Jimmy Carr and still grab the headlines, you must be doing something wrong - or right.
With Ronaldo likely to miss another two weeks of action there could be further opportunities for Bale to grab the headlines as they face Copenhagen in the Champions League before a trip to Osasuna on 14 December.
LAST season's champion jumps stallion King's Theatre, who died in the summer of 2011, continues to grab the headlines.
? While the likes of Steven Pienaar and Leighton Baines, rightly, grab the headlines, it has been pleasing to see some strong performances from Everton's less-heralded squad members.
Charities such as Help For Heroes seem to grab the headlines these days which is why we have profiled the brilliant work that has been done by the British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association - or Blesma for short - over many years.
I ATTENDED the Social Media World Forum (March 29-30, 2011) in the U.K., and one of the challenges highlighted during the course of this forum was the fact that social media is not just about Facebook, Twitter, or the latest Internet darling to grab the headlines. It is a revolution in how people are living their online lives, and it is crucial how our marketing strategy evolves to match this shift in consumer behavior.
FROM cute child star, through gorgeous womanhood to troubled later life, nobody has been able to grab the headlines quite like Elizabeth Taylor.
Rooney may prefer to be used as an out-an-out striker for England but Capello should continue to utilise him in the 'hole', allowing him the freedom to conduct the play and grab the headlines for all the right reasons.
Summary: <p>The petty factional disputes and personal political crusades that tend to grab the headlines in Lebanon have overshadowed a major crisis that the country is currently facing.
"The programme will also hopefully generate information which will help tackle some of the less serious crimes which don't always grab the headlines but can still have a big impact on victims.'' The programme will be shown each day between 9.15am and 10am..
BLACKPOOL'S Illuminations may grab the headlines but there's a host of big event entertainment this year.
So what technologies will grab the headlines in 2008?