to snatch, to grab, to grasp, to seize, to clutch;
хапати за руку — to grasp (to seize) one's hand.
див. хапати;to turn one's hand (to) (братися за щось)
утопаючий хапається за соломинку — a drowning man plucks (snatches) at a straw.
Дієприслівникова форма: хапавши, хапаючи
Деепричастная форма: хватая
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