grab

Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.

The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun.

How does that idea grab you?

"I'll just grab my jacket," said Manh-Hung.

We'll just grab a sandwich and then we'll be on our way.

Both teams wasted good opportunities to score but it was the London side who did grab what proved to be the decisive third when the unmarked Vaz Te, a January signing from Barnsley, drilled the ball into the net from 12 yards.