snatch atsomething
phrasal verbwithsnatchverb[T]uk/snætʃ/us/snætʃ/
totryto takeholdof something:
A mansnatchedat mybag, but he didn't get it.
UK
totryto use anopportunityquicklybefore itdisappears:
I wasdesperatetofinda way out ofteachingso when thisjobcame along Isnatchedat it.
Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bayidiom
- cage
- capture
- catch
- clutch
- collar
- corner
- entangle
- get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
- grab
- grabber
- repo
- repo man
- seize
- sequester
- sequestration
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