Gracelessly

Definition

grab / græb / v ( -bb- ) ၁။ (က) ~ sth (from sb/sth) လုယူသည္။ သုတ္သည္။ ဖမ္းကိုင္သည္။ Don't grab __ there's plenty for everyone. ❍ He grabbed my collar and pulled me towards him. ❍ He just grabbed the bag from my hand and ran off. See also SMASH-AND-GRAB (ခ) ဖမ္းဆုပ္သည္။ When I gave him the chance, he grabbed it at once. ၂။ ~ at sb/ sth ဆြဲသည္။ လွမ္းဆြဲသည္။ He grabbed at the boy, but could not save him from falling. ❍ ( fig ) grabbing at any excuse to avoid having to work. [ ဥ ] ေရသာခိုႏိုင္ေအာင္ ရမိ ရရာ အေၾကာင္းျပသည္။ ၃။ ( infml joc ) ဆြဲသည္။ ယူသည္။ Grab a seat and make yourself at home. ❍ Let's grab a quick sandwich before we go out. ၄။ ( sl ) သေဘာရသည္။ သေဘာက်သည္။ I thought we might go to the disco __ how does that grab you? n (usu sing ) လွမ္းဖမ္းျခင္း။ လွမ္းကုပ္ျခင္း။ လွမ္းဆြဲျခင္း။ He made a grab at the ball but missed. ❏ up for grabs [ IDM ] ( infml ) မည္သူမဆို ယူႏိုင္သည္။ The job is up for grabs __ why don't you apply?

Examples

1. He grabbed the knife before I could get to it.
2. One of the men was grabbed and bundled into a car.
3. [grab hold of] : I grabbed hold of his hair.
4. [grab someone by something] : Ben grabbed Marco by the arm.
5. We got there early and grabbed seats at the front.
6. The brand now grabs 26 per cent of sales in the US.
7. [grab someone’s attention] : It’s often the bad characters in a story who grab our attention.
8. [grab an opportunity/chance] : I grabbed the chance to escape for a few minutes.
9. The idea didn’t really grab me.
10. I’ll grab a sandwich back at the hotel.