"grab by the lapels" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grabs by the lapels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grabbing by the lapels",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grabbed by the lapels",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grabbed by the lapels",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "grab by the lapels"
      },
      "expansion": "grab by the lapels (third-person singular simple present grabs by the lapels, present participle grabbing by the lapels, simple past and past participle grabbed by the lapels)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To buttonhole someone (into conversation)."
      ],
      "id": "en-grab_by_the_lapels-en-verb-Ww~eqvYl",
      "links": [
        [
          "buttonhole",
          "buttonhole#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 June 20, Daniel Taylor, “World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark”, in guardian.co.uk",
          "text": "Rooney, back in his central role, had a good opportunity soon afterwards but his left foot has never been a great weapon and Suárez was the only attacker here capable of grabbing the game by its lapels.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exert control over (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-grab_by_the_lapels-en-verb-gUfp-z50",
      "links": [
        [
          "exert",
          "exert"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To exert control over (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-au-grab_by_the_lapels.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grab by the lapels"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grabs by the lapels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grabbing by the lapels",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grabbed by the lapels",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grabbed by the lapels",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "grab by the lapels"
      },
      "expansion": "grab by the lapels (third-person singular simple present grabs by the lapels, present participle grabbing by the lapels, simple past and past participle grabbed by the lapels)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To buttonhole someone (into conversation)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "buttonhole",
          "buttonhole#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 June 20, Daniel Taylor, “World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark”, in guardian.co.uk",
          "text": "Rooney, back in his central role, had a good opportunity soon afterwards but his left foot has never been a great weapon and Suárez was the only attacker here capable of grabbing the game by its lapels.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exert control over (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exert",
          "exert"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To exert control over (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-grab by the lapels.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/En-au-grab_by_the_lapels.ogg/En-au-grab_by_the_lapels.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-au-grab_by_the_lapels.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grab by the lapels"
}