"make a grab" meaning in All languages combined

See make a grab on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: make a grab [ with for] [canonical], makes a grab [present, singular, third-person], making a grab [participle, present], made a grab [participle, past], made a grab [past], maked a grab [dialectal, obsolete, participle, past], maked a grab [dialectal, obsolete, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,made:maked[<<dialectal>> or <<obsolete>>]>}} make a grab (third-person singular simple present makes a grab, present participle making a grab, simple past and past participle made a grab or (dialectal or obsolete) maked a grab)
  1. (idiomatic) To try to take quickly. Tags: idiomatic, usually
    Sense id: en-make_a_grab-en-verb-n~j9rl1A
  2. (figurative) To try to get in control quickly. Tags: figuratively, usually
    Sense id: en-make_a_grab-en-verb-fzE6Sdc7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for make a grab meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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