I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
catch/grab/seize etc hold of sth (= start holding something quickly and firmly )
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She grabbed hold of the letter and tore it open.
grab bag
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The treaty covers a grab bag of issues.
grab sb’s arm (= take hold of it with a sudden violent movement )
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‘Wait’, he cried, grabbing her arm.
grab/seize a chance (= quickly use an opportunity )
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As soon as she stopped speaking, I grabbed the chance to leave.
make/grab (the) headlines (= to be reported in many newspapers as an important story )
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Madonna's adoption of the child grabbed world headlines.
sb's hand grabs/grasps sth (= take and hold something firmly )
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He felt Connor's hand grasp his shoulder.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
arm
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She grabbed Anna's arm , her fingers sinking into the flesh, and began to drag her toward the car.
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But instead he grabbed her arm and shoved her ahead.
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I started to jump up again, but Polly grabbed my arm .
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The cabby refused and grabbed him by the arm , at which point the robber pulled free and ran off.
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Corrigan resisted the urge to grab him by the arm and hold him.
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Hinkle grabbed her other arm and between us we heaved her up and into the chair.
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When he sat down, his wife Lourdes grabbed his arm to comfort him.
attention
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The layout was powerful and grabbed your attention .
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A plumbing emergency will grab your attention .
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The increasingly likely dismissal of President Abdurrahman Wahid is grabbing most attention .
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The purpose of the letter is to grab attention to ensure that your resume will be read.
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Thing is, you've got to grab attention with just one phrase as punters rush on by.
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Its purpose is to grab your attention and keep you watching.
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Voice over It's difficult to say who is having most fun, but there's plenty to grab the attention .
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Many manufacturers are grabbing consumers' attention by offering free graphics software with their printers.
bag
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I sat up and leant over him and grabbed my bag .
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But after the officer leaves, Michael grabs his sleeping bag and hits the streets.
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They held the knife up against the baby's face and grabbed the bag containing £95.
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More girls were chosen, grabbed their evening bags , ran quick fingers through their hair.
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Holding back the tears, she grabbed her bag and stumbled from the house.
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She set the answering machine, grabbed her bag and locked up the flat.
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Some one grabbed her bag and made off before she had time to see who it was.
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Rain fought back the impulse to grab her bag and check the contents, and then she was through to the Post.
ball
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That allowed Washington's Danny Copeland to grab the ball for the winning touchdown.
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A mad scramble followed a Dollar free throw, and Hamilton eventually grabbed the ball on the right wing.
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Clarke is a burly man who tends to grab the ball and go - more suited to the wing than midfield.
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Pearce, wanting to take a quick throw-in, grabbed the ball and pushed him on the cinder track surrounding the pitch.
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But Abdur-Rahim missed an off-balance shot and Jelani McCoy grabbed the loose ball .
chance
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This was my chance and I grabbed it.
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By the force of his own enthusiasm, Buchanan has a chance of grabbing some of the 21 delegates at stake.
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The Aboriginals saw that finally they had a chance of grabbing some white man's money.
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But in the doubles the youngsters were given a chance and grabbed their moment of glory.
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So when I got this chance , I grabbed it.
goal
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The Southampton midfielder grabbed his first goal for the club with an unstoppable shot.
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Marco Van Basten grabbed his fourth goal of the season, 12 minutes after Daniele Massaro had broken the deadlock.
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And it was Nicholas who grabbed Celtic's second goal after 27 minutes.
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And after grabbing two goals in the opening 15 minutes, Rovers possessed neither the need nor the inclination to chase things.
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He grabbed two goals and signed as an apprentice for his home club.
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Comrades however had the last say when Dean Gordon grabbed a consolation goal for them on the stroke of full time.
gun
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He follows through with his right, wasting no time on punches, just grabbing for the gun .
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So I grabbed my gun and told my wife to take Jean and the other girl out of here.
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He lunged forwards, hit Rohmer hard with his shoulder in a rugby charge and grabbed his gun arm.
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She promptly grabbed the gun and threw it down a well.
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Trent slung a bandoleer over his shoulder and grabbed both guns and two boxes of cartridges.
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According to one report, Moussa grabbed the gun from a comrade.
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Steve yelped and Newman grabbed the gun he was holding.
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Instead of handing over the test, the testy proctor grabbed the gun .
hair
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He grabbed the man's hair and slammed his face against the wall.
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The police officer grabbed him by the hair , put the barrel of his pistol in one eye and fired.
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She grabs the hair at her temples to get enough to uproot it and halt the melting for a while.
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Or he grabs him by the hair , drags back the head, makes the first deep cut.
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I grabbed her hair ....
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As he crumples I grab hold of his hair .
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When she refused, the attacker grabbed her hair , slapped her and tied her wrists together.
hand
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Later I saw blood on my hand where I'd grabbed him.
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She said she never knew how lucky she was to have all those hands grabbing at her skirt.
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One of his hands grabbed a rusty handhold at the roof's edge, then he heaved himself up with the other.
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Needless to say Kyle would push his hand away or quickly grab the train back and put it back where it belonged.
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Bowring reeled, choked, flailed his hands , tried to grab at reality, wherever it was.
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Startled, Simon's hand shot out to grab it, his fingers scrabbling desperately, his nails scraping the wood.
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Any minute and he'd reach out a hand and grab her.
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She reached for Nina's hands , and grabbed what she hoped were her little fingers.
headline
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The arguments now are less about headline-grabbing ideas than safeguards and the exact wording which frames the proposals.
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And yet, in the face of this record, some of my headline-grabbing opponents are asking me to resign!
land
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The world can not go to war every time a despot grabs a piece of land .
leg
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Dougal grabbed the body's legs and hauled it on its back to the edge of the gazebo nearest the pond.
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A table rushed toward him and he grabbed its leg .
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Throwing it over him, they finally managed to grab hold of his legs and stop the uncontrollable bouncing.
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The key when you shoot the gap is to grab the legs .
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He groaned and dropped to his knees, grabbing her other leg and pulling hard enough to send her flying.
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But as we approached the cottage, l felt him grab my legs from the back.
opportunity
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He also expects that farmers who shoot will grab such an opportunity .
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Solov had given Holder sixteen bars of music to improvise to, and the dancer grabbed at the opportunity .
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Breed's possessed frontman is grabbing his opportunity by its ungainly bollocks.
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Western countries should be grabbing the opportunities presented by the new openness.
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Failing to grab a career opportunity is generally due to lack of research, too vague a plan and poor self-belief.
points
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Carrick, who will be 40 next month, brought Yorkshire maximum bowling bonus points by grabbing six for 58.
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In his first start, against Maryland, he scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds.
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Duncan fouled out with 1: 51 left after scoring eight points and grabbing 13 rebounds.
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He scored 12 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.
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Cicely makes six points , grabs four rebounds and finally seems to know what plays are being run.
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And from Stinson, who scored 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.
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Danny Fortson scored 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as Cincinnati held off the late charge by the 49ers.
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Jess Settles scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Hawkeyes, who outrebounded the Colonials 47-25.
rebound
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Duncan fouled out with 1: 51 left after scoring eight points and grabbing 13 rebounds .
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Mutombo is a natural defender, patrolling the middle, grabbing rebounds and finding the outlet man.
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Robert Horry, the former Rocket, made only two of 10 shots but grabbed 12 rebounds .
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Eddie grabs the rebound and puts it up with no time on the clock.
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But she grabs five rebounds and turns over the ball only three times.
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In his first start, against Maryland, he scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds .
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He scored 12 points and grabbed 14 rebounds .
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During that time, he has grabbed 20 or more rebounds in 114 games.
share
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Not surprisingly, the major computer, consumer electronics and telecommunications companies are hoping to grab a share .
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Moving to grab a share of the $ 70 billion long-distance market, Ameritech Corp.
shoulder
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The driver grabbed me by the shoulder and asked for my fare.
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The assailant approached another woman on Baden Avenue near Maple Avenue, grabbed her shoulders , kissed and mauled her.
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Kate grabbed the shoulder of her daughter's tee-shirt and dragged her to the cell door.
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And felt grabbed at the shoulder .
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She sagged against him, her legs quivering, the blood pounding in her ears, and grabbed his shoulders for support.
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She was about to look away when he grabbed her shoulder .
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Creed caught up with her in the hallway and grabbed her by the shoulder , spinning her round.
throat
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She reached for the.38 jammed into her waistband, trying to pull it free as Stark grabbed for her throat .
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He then grabs his throat with both hands, as if suddenly choking, closes his eyes and pretends to lose consciousness.
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I wanted to grab people by the throat and confront them with this terrible situation that was being allowed to continue.
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I wanted to leap across his desk and grab him by the throat .
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I slide my knee to the side, grab his throat with my right hand, and squeeze.
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He grabbed her by the throat and threatened to kick her.
wrist
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For a moment she feared he would simply step over, grab her wrist , pull out the money.
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She got up, tears streaming from her eyes as he grabbed her trembling wrist and put the bracelet on her.
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I grabbed his wrist and broke it, spinning him round and holding him up.
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We were still talking and laughing when she grabbed both my wrists and dug in.
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He grabbed her wrist , and spun her back to face him.
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He hesitated, then grabbed her wrist and twisted it so that she screamed again and the knife dropped.
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I grabbed his wrist , twisting the hand away from my face.
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A cop grabbed my wrist and handy-helped me into the street.
■ VERB
manage
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I managed to grab a few more hours in bed before rising late in the morning.
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Afterward, while she was rushing back out the door, I managed to grab hold of her and introduce myself.
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Again, Yanto managed to grab the tail, and yet again the fish broke free and leapt in the air.
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Somehow she managed to grab hold of his shirt and she shouted out her resistance.
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He managed to grab it; the stitches gave a better handhold.
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At first simply managing to grab the feet will prove to be an effort.
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Detectives believe that Elizabeth managed to grab the canister, but it was wrenched from her grasp.
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She managed to grab it before it went in.
reach
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She reached and grabbed the tail of his long jacket, and she hauled him back down the stairs.
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Dallas' David LaFleur can't quite reach out to grab a pass.
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With that, he reached down to grab up her suitcases.
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She never reached up to grab the child when the grabbing was good.
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I reached down and grabbed her arms, tried pulling.
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Bedford reached over to grab the door.
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He was walking off when I reached out, grabbed him again and slapped him across the head.
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Gao Ma stumbled toward it and reached but to grab a branch covered with spiny hollyhocks.
score
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Duncan fouled out with 1: 51 left after scoring eight points and grabbing 13 rebounds.
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In his first start, against Maryland, he scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds.
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He scored 12 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.
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And from Stinson, who scored 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.
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Danny Fortson scored 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as Cincinnati held off the late charge by the 49ers.
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Jess Settles scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Hawkeyes, who outrebounded the Colonials 47-25.
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They have played a combined 275 playoff games, 23 All-Star Games, scored 49,891 points and grabbed 24,019 rebounds.
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Marcus Camby scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Donta Bright made a huge 3-pointer and the Minutemen won.
try
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One of the friends, Manuel Cabrera, said he tried to grab Jamie but the intense heat drove him out.
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I could say I was trying to grab some connectedness for myself.
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He tried to grab the knife.
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Its lack of distinction sometimes caused him to be insulted in the street, but no one ever tried to grab it.
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Ryker tried to grab them but was too late.
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Daley did what he had always done when somebody made demands or tried to grab some of his power.
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The 17-year-olds were met by armed police and our photographer Ken Lennox when they tried to grab £8,000 outside a credit firm.
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Whoever controlled her handkerchief controlled her, and Demetros accidentally latched on to it as he tried to grab her.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make/grab (the) headlines
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Woods' success has made headlines nationwide.
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Days later his passionate affair with cartoonist Sally Anne Lassoon was making headlines .
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It is the exceptions which make the headlines .
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More airplane tragedies will make the headlines .
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The problems-from bad backs to carpal tunnel syndrome to headaches-have made the headlines of every health magazine in the country.
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The story made headlines around the world and researchers believe it may have inspired the novel Lassie Come Home.
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This is evidenced by a number of recent disasters which have made the headlines .
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What has grabbed headlines this year is the issue of food safety.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Grab your coat, we're late.
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According to the report, Mason grabbed the gun from a friend.
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Brown grabbed the phone and started shouting.
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Could you get there early and grab some good seats for us?
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I'm going to run downstairs and grab some books and stuff - I'll be right back.
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It was chaos, everyone was just grabbing drinks from behind the bar.
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She turned to him and grabbed his arm so hard it surprised him.
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The boy grabbed hold of my bag and disappeared quickly into the crowd.
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The firm is trying to grab a share of the market from competitors.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mad scramble followed a Dollar free throw, and Jason Hamilton eventually grabbed the ball on the right wing.
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From time to time she glanced suspiciously around as if afraid some one might try to grab it off her.
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He also expects that farmers who shoot will grab such an opportunity.
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Henderson grabbed it, and avoided several Trojans by putting it around his back.
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I grabbed the door handle, pulled the door open against the force of the wind, and ran up the stairs.
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It also allows the owner of a registered trademark to complain if its name has been grabbed by somebody else.
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The Bruins committed myriad mistakes and the Avalanche grabbed their 3-0 lead on only nine shots.
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We move on, with me grabbing the back spot.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bag
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Burwell is known for her visionary grab bag of charmingly painted furniture, and increasingly, for her stunning computer graphics work.
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We were left with a grab bag of effects, only a modicum of which registered.
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A true grab bag filled with unexpected surprises.
bar
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Handrails and / or grab bars in the bathroom near the toilet and in the shower / bath.
land
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In the past fortnight war veterans have begun more land grabs .
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Monta o accuses the city of deliberately forcing the neighborhood to go downhill, the better to justify a future land grab .
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If these incorporations fail, Marana and Oro Valley land grabs will continue.
power
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This shameless power grab is the work of Rep.
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Meanwhile, his opponents, including many Democrats and New Dealers, moved to check his power grab .
■ VERB
make
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Gritting his teeth against the pain, he made a grab with his right hand and ripped the knife from its sheath.
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He made a grab for Isaac, but wasn't quick enough.
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She dodged around him and ran into the road as he made a grab for her.
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Somewhere on the journey would come a chance to make a grab .
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Then Rose made a grab for Evelyn's hair and started banging her head against the floor with both hands.
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The realization felt as if the world had made a grab at him.
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He wasn't going to make a crude grab at her.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hamilton's actions were nothing more than a power grab within the company.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Howe said Doug Johns is his fifth starter, but the fourth slot is up for grabs.
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I had some memorable test drives after buying a dozen 6R4s when they were up for grabs at the factory.
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In the past fortnight war veterans have begun more land grabs.
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She dodged around him and ran into the road as he made a grab for her.
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The defender does this by suddenly splitting his X block and converting it to a double open-palm grab .