snatch
verb (used without object)
to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed byat ).
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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Her voice, like her person, was spindling, but Hercules heard when she called: "Come home, now, and cut up some kindling, or I will be snatching you bald!"
From Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason