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grab verb- to capture someone’s imagination and attention UK, 1966
- Then one day, it just grabbed me. I finally understood what it is all about. From then on, I have been trying to get people to touch the trees. — Wandsworth Guardian, 26 August 2004
- to impress US
- — William D. Alsever, Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p. 13, December 1970
- to arrest UK, 1753
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 58, 1996
- in horse racing, to win a race with a long shot US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 33, 1951
▶ grab a dab to engage in male-on-male rape US- — Charles Shafer, Folk Speech in Texas Prisons, p. 205, 1990
▶ grab air to apply a truck’s brakes US- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 76, 1971
▶ grab sack to muster courage US- — Connie Eble (editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 5, Fall 1999
▶ grab the apple to seize tightly on the saddle horn while riding a bucking animal CANADA- Grabbing the apple is to grab hold of the saddle horn when riding a bucking horse, one way in which a rider can “pull leather” and, when done in saddle bronc riding, it is grounds for disqualification. — Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker’s Heart, p. 75, 1987
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