grab

/græb/ noun

Definition

make a grab for sth/sb › to try to take hold of something or someone suddenly: He made a grab for the gun.

(Definition of grab noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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