make a grab for

phrase

: to try to take quickly

She made a grab for the last cookie.

Examples of make a grab for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But sometimes octopuses will see a tasty critter dashing by and make a grab for it. — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2022

So there's a lot of opportunity in this galaxy for a young prince eager to make a grab for power. — Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022

The scudetto is there for the taking, and Napoli look set to make a grab for it. — James Nalton, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021

Ronaldo is being pressured to sell to a real estate speculator who will raze Authentico, putting dozens out of work, and make a grab for the surrounding land that will be used to launder money. — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 25 May 2021

Today, the biggest threat to NATO is no longer a full-scale Russian invasion but that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a grab for Baltic or Polish territory, perhaps as an attempt to distract his increasingly restive population. — Tom Nichols, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2019

Rhymes for make a grab for

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