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grab

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grab
Tools a mechanical device for gripping objects, esp the hinged jaws of a mechanical excavator

grab [grab]
(engineering)
An instrument for extricating broken boring tools from a borehole.


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He made a grab in the water, and, getting hold of what he supposed was the other dog's lip, lifted out a fine piece of meat which a butcher's boy had dropped into the stream.
We were climbing a precipitous path sufficiently dangerous in the dark, Dominic, more familiar with it, going first and I scrambling close behind in order that I might grab at his cloak if I chanced to slip or miss my footing.
"Sam," said one of the runners to the other, "you look to our civil friend here, and I'll grab Moses when he brings up the lunch.
 
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