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Grasp

/ɡrɑːsp/

To understand a concept or hold onto something tightly with your hands.

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I rushed, grasped the receiver.

"It is the Seeker," whispered Hannah, convulsively grasping her husband's arm.

The king let the rude weapon fall from his grasp.

Originating in the Middle English period from the Old Norse word grípa, meaning to seize or capture; related to Old High German grapfon.

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