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Meanings of grab hold in English

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Usage of grab hold in English
1
Tom Colicchio was among the fastest to grab hold of the situation.
Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the peop...
2
Now, they can hope to grab hold of somebody hot and tasty.
The Irish Times
3
I was hard again, and slipped her hand up to grab hold.
Moon Over Soho
4
There was nothing to grab hold of, nothing to hang on to.
Way Station
5
I'd felt that vicious magic grab hold of me and sink in.
Dead beat
6
If you find yourself sinking, grab hold of some tree or bush.
The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall
7
He gripped and ungripped his fingers to grab hold of a rib.
Perdido Street Station
8
Hanna tried to grab hold of the memory, but it was useless.
Unbelievable
9
If you think you might slip, grab hold of my trousers, all right?
The curse of deadman's forest
10
Then suddenly he would turn and grab hold of Mrs Ponsonby.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
11
This time he managed to grab hold of the nail gun.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
12
She wanted to grab hold of him and yank him in to stay.
The viking takes a knight
13
I grab hold of the thing inside me and push it back down.
Shadow and Bone
14
He slid over the hull, unable to grab hold of it.
The Fall of Reach
15
I stepped forward and tried to grab hold of her for Thunder Upward.
The Wise Man’s Fear
16
It would have been easier if he'd had clothes to grab hold of.
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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