Meaning

1 senses

  1. To hurriedly and forcibly take, appropriate or seize control of; to arrest (someone).

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I grabbed a book off the shelf.

    deIch nahm ein Buch aus dem Regal. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I forgot to grab the change off the dresser.

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  3. Her abductor, a man in his twenties, grabbed her off the street as she was walking to school.

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Forms

grabs off, grabbing off, grabbed off, grabbed off
Base formgrab off · to grab off
3rd person singulargrabs off
Present participlegrabbing off
Past simplegrabbed off
Past participlegrabbed off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygrab off
he, she, itgrabs off

Past simpleLesson

all personsgrabbed off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave grabbed off
he, she, ithas grabbed off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill grab off

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
goygoyishgrabB1graceA2gracefulB1gracefully
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