To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
To consume something quickly.
To take the opportunity of.
To restrain someone; to arrest.
To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
To quickly collect or retrieve.
An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
A sound bite.
A simple card game.
A sudden snatch at something.
To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.
To become more successful (than someone or something else).
To appropriate something without permission.
To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
To buy out the ownership of a business.
To relieve someone temporarily.
To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.