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To seize fast, hands first, manners optional and often forgotten entirely.

means To take hold of something suddenly and firmly, or to acquire it quickly and opportunistically.

from From Middle Dutch and Low German grabben, to seizea word that sounds exactly like the motion it describes.

Sound logicThe hard g and b mimic snatching
Grab bagNamed for blind reaching into prizes
Up for grabsAmerican slang from the 1920s
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