See Also: discriminate(dictionary)
discriminate(medicine)
discriminate(2)(dictionary)
discriminate(1)(dictionary)
Discriminate analysis(finance)
grab(1)(dictionary)
grab(2)(dictionary)
grab(dictionary)
grab bag(dictionary)
grab 2, noun(dictionary)

grab 1, verb (oh) and discriminate (oh)


grab 1, verb (oh)



[T]
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1 ?with your hand?
2 ?Food/sleep?
3 ?get something for yourself?
4 ?chance/opportunity?
5 ?get attention?
6 how does something grab you?
Phrasal verbs
grab at/for something
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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Middle Dutch; Origin: Middle Low German grabben]
?WITH YOUR HAND?
to take hold of someone or something with a sudden or violent movement
-synonym snatch snatch
::I grabbed my bag and ran off.
::Two men grabbed her and pushed her to the ground.
::Kay grabbed hold of my arm to stop herself falling.
grab sth from sb/sth
::I managed to grab the gun from Bowen.
?Food/SLEEP?
informal to get some Food or sleep quickly because you are busy
-synonym snatch snatch
::Why don't you go and grab some sleep?
::Hang on while I grab a cup of coffee.
::Let's grab a bite to eat before we go.
?GET SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF?
to get something for yourself, sometimes in an unfair way
::Try to get there early and grab good seats.
::Bob tried to grab all the profit.
?CHANCE/OPPORTUNITY?
informal also grab at sth
to take an opportunity, accept an invitation etc immediately
::I think you should grab your chance to Travel while you're young.
::She grabbed the opportunity to go to America.
::Melanie grabbed at the invitation to go.
::This is our chance to grab a slice of this new market.
?GET ATTENTION?
to get someone's attention
::The book is full of good ideas to grab your students' attention.
::The plight of the refugees immediately grabbed the headlines (=was the most important story in the newspapers) .
how does sth grab you?
spoken used to ask someone if they would be interested in doing a particular thing
::How does the idea of a trip to Spain grab you?
grab at/for [grab at/for sth] phr v
to quickly and suddenly put out your hand to try and catch or get something
::I grabbed at the glass just before it fell.
::Lucy grabbed for the money.

discriminate (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: discriminare 'to divide', from discernere; DISCERN]
[I] to treat a person or group differently from another in an unfair way
discriminate against
::Under federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against minorities and women.
discriminate on the grounds/basis of sth
::It was found that the company still discriminated on the basis of race in promotions.
[I and T] to recognize a difference between things
-synonym differentiate differentiate discriminate between
::Newborn babies can discriminate between a man's and a woman's voice.
discriminate sth from sth
::the process of learning to discriminate fact from opinion