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Verb clutch has 3 senses
- seize, prehend, clutch - take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
--1 is one way to take, get hold of
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutch - hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
--2 is one way to hold, take hold
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- seize, clutch, get hold of - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
--3 is one way to overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
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