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  • 41pick up — 1. Take up, snatch. 2. Obtain, get by effort. 3. Get by chance …

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  • 42acquire — obtain, *get, gain, win, secure, procure Analogous words: attain, achieve, compass, *reach: annex, *add, superadd: *buy, purchase: *take, seize, snatch, grab Antonyms: forfeit Contrasted words: alienate, * …

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  • 43grab — vb grasp, clutch, *take, seize, snatch Analogous words: *catch, capture …

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  • 44scoop up — Syn: pick up, gather up, lift, take up, snatch up, grab …

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  • 45схватывать — СХВАТЫВАТЬ1, несов. (сов. схватить), что. Перен. Разг. Понимать (понять) что л., мгновенно воспринимая и усваивая что л., словно ловя мысль быстрым резким движением; ловить, (хватать) мысль на лету, с лету; Син.: улавливать [impf. fig., coll. to… …

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  • 46Snatched — Snatch Snatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snatching}.] [OE. snachen, snechen; akin to D. snakken to gasp, to long (for), to desire. Cf. {Snack}, n., {Sneck}.] 1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or… …

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  • 47Snatching — Snatch Snatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snatching}.] [OE. snachen, snechen; akin to D. snakken to gasp, to long (for), to desire. Cf. {Snack}, n., {Sneck}.] 1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or… …

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  • 48make off with — TAKE, steal, purloin, pilfer, abscond with, run away/off with, carry off, snatch; kidnap, abduct; informal walk away/off with, swipe, filch, snaffle, nab, lift, ‘liberate’, ‘borrow’, snitch; Brit. informal pinch, half inch, nick, whip, knock off; …

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  • 49catch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. take, seize; overtake; land, net, hook; surprise, detect; snare, trap; capture, arrest, apprehend, nab (inf.); snatch. See restraint, deception, difficulty, hindrance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 50seize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. grasp, clutch; capture, arrest, appropriate, confiscate; afflict; attach, distrain; comprehend, understand. See stealing, intelligence, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To grasp] Syn. take, take …

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