grab hold of
Example Sentences
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On Monday night, either Indiana or Miami will grab hold of college football’s ultimate bragging rights and call themselves national champions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026
This British rap tag team is about improbable wealth, bounteous opportunities, living so fast that what’s slipping by is almost as good as what you manage to grab hold of.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023
During mating season, male common frogs will grab hold of “whatever is in front of them,” Dittrich says.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 10, 2023
Sometimes it’s hard to grab hold of exactly what’s at play in “The Blinds,” but that’s precisely the point and the delight of this remarkably original novel of good, evil and human experimentation.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023
But the fourth solution—to swing one rope back and forth like a pendulum and then grab hold of the other rope—occurred to only a few people.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
