grab off

transitive verb

1

: to take or appropriate forcefully or with haste or forthrightness

dash in and grab off choice pieces of land

—F. P. Gipson

two Swiss mountaineers … had grabbed off the honors for the first ascent

—Time

2

: to choose for a partner (as in marriage)

why is it that such a beauty … has not long ago been grabbed off

—Walter O'Meara

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