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grabbed hold

grabbed hold is the simple past and past participle of grab hold.

Meaning of grab hold

Verb

grab hold (third-person singular simple present grabs hold, present participle grabbing hold, simple past and past participle grabbed hold)

  1. To take hold of something by grabbing; to seize.
    Synonyms:
    catch hold

Questions about grabbed hold

What is grabbed hold the simple past and past participle of?
Grabbed hold is the simple past and past participle of grab hold.

Words near grabbed hold in the dictionary

  1. grabbed
  2. grabbed and gone
  3. grabbed and went
  4. grabbed at
  5. grabbed by the lapels
  6. grabbed hold
  7. grabbed off
  8. grabbed one's ankles
  9. grabbed some air
  10. grabbed some z's
  11. grabbed some Zs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grabbed hold (page history and authors); grab hold (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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