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How to pronounce nab in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nail, pick up
Type of seize, prehend, clutch


the police nabbed the suspected criminals.
Type Words
Type of prehend, clutch, seize
Type Words
Type of tag

Examples of nab

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The only gigs Lights can nab is a cheesy local commercial and as a bingo caller.
From the bostonherald.com
For some time, rumors have swirled that HSBC would nab the No. 1 U.S. brokerage.
From the businessweek.com
Westpac, NAB and ANZ are due to reveal full-year earnings in the next few weeks.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Their expectation and my prediction before the NAB Cup was to make the top four.
From the couriermail.com.au
By what procedure do typical citizens nab inexpensive free dating sites methods?
From the iftomm2003.com
Shi'ite militants have a knack for disappearing before U.S. forces can nab them.
From the time.com
The NAB raised its standard variable by 0.09 percentage points to 7.31 per cent.
From the smh.com.au
And, even when screening does nab these cancers, patients frequently die anyway.
From the healthland.time.com
Director after director had passed on him for parts he'd been sure he would nab.
From the style.time.com
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  • Tag the base runner to get him out
  • Collar: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
  • Seize suddenly
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