"take a grab" meaning in All languages combined

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes a grab",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a grab",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a grab",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a grab",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "take<,,took,taken> a grab"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
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        {
          "ref": "1883, Edward William L. Davies, A memoir of the rev. John Russell, and his out-of-door life, by the author of 'Dartmoor days',, page 194",
          "text": "Even in his gallop he would occasionally take a grab at the point of Russell's foot ; and, had he caught it, would have torn the boot ruthlessly from his leg.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1905, Roger S. Pocock, Curly: a tale of the Arizona desert, Little, Brown, and Company, page 110",
          "text": "Ahead on the white road, plain in the moonlight, lay something black, so I swung down my arm in passing, and took a grab. \"What d'ye make of this, eh, Pederson ?\" / \"A silk mask,\" says he.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Michael Innes, The Ampersand Papers, House of Stratus, page 145",
          "text": "He had only to be startled into losing his balance, you might say, and he might take a grab at something, manage only a heavy fall, and go tumbling down, staircase and all.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Michael Cogdill, She-Rain: A Story of Hope, Wordclay, page 104",
          "text": "He drew near enough to take a grab at her foot. The grip failed to hold.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, grab."
      ],
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          "take",
          "take#English"
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          "grab",
          "grab#English"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "word": "make a grab"
        }
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    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Australian rules football",
          "orig": "en:Australian rules football",
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            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "_dis": "15 85",
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          "name": "English light verb constructions",
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          "_dis": "49 51",
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Full Points Footy's WA Football Companion,, page 122",
          "text": "Solidly built, he was nevertheless extremely quick, could take a grab, and kicked beautifully with both feet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, H.G. Nelson, Sprays: a collection of verbal touch-ups, Pan Macmillan Australia, page 139",
          "text": "Footyheads supporting a variety of clubs actually breathed a sigh of relief knowing that the game didn’t have to stop for seven minutes seventeen seconds every time Matthew took a grab within kicking distance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mark the football, especially overhead"
      ],
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        [
          "football",
          "football"
        ],
        [
          "overhead",
          "overhead"
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      ],
      "qualifier": "Australian rules football",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australian rules football) to mark the football, especially overhead"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take a grab"
}

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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English light verb constructions",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English predicates",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes a grab",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a grab",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a grab",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a grab",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "make a grab"
    }
  ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1883, Edward William L. Davies, A memoir of the rev. John Russell, and his out-of-door life, by the author of 'Dartmoor days',, page 194",
          "text": "Even in his gallop he would occasionally take a grab at the point of Russell's foot ; and, had he caught it, would have torn the boot ruthlessly from his leg.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1905, Roger S. Pocock, Curly: a tale of the Arizona desert, Little, Brown, and Company, page 110",
          "text": "Ahead on the white road, plain in the moonlight, lay something black, so I swung down my arm in passing, and took a grab. \"What d'ye make of this, eh, Pederson ?\" / \"A silk mask,\" says he.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Michael Innes, The Ampersand Papers, House of Stratus, page 145",
          "text": "He had only to be startled into losing his balance, you might say, and he might take a grab at something, manage only a heavy fall, and go tumbling down, staircase and all.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Michael Cogdill, She-Rain: A Story of Hope, Wordclay, page 104",
          "text": "He drew near enough to take a grab at her foot. The grip failed to hold.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, grab."
      ],
      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "grab",
          "grab#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Australian rules football"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Full Points Footy's WA Football Companion,, page 122",
          "text": "Solidly built, he was nevertheless extremely quick, could take a grab, and kicked beautifully with both feet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, H.G. Nelson, Sprays: a collection of verbal touch-ups, Pan Macmillan Australia, page 139",
          "text": "Footyheads supporting a variety of clubs actually breathed a sigh of relief knowing that the game didn’t have to stop for seven minutes seventeen seconds every time Matthew took a grab within kicking distance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mark the football, especially overhead"
      ],
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          "Australian rules football",
          "Australian rules football"
        ],
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          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
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        [
          "overhead",
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        "(Australian rules football) to mark the football, especially overhead"
      ]
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}