Clutches and Pulls

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Clutches noun - The act of grasping.

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Pulls and clutches are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pulls" instead the word "Clutches" as a noun or a verb.

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Clutches and pulls are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clutches" instead the word "Pulls" as a noun or a verb.

A few minutes later, Polly the dodo pulls off a literal example of this trope when she escapes from Victoria's clutches by biting her in the eye.

Source: The Dog Bites Back / Animated Films
Mission Control: Clyde pulls a dark version of this trope on Darby, helping him to evade the police and providing an escape vehicle, but only so he'll walk right into his clutches.

Source: Film / Law Abiding Citizen
Hand in the Hole: Not actually using a hole, but in Among Thieves Nate pulls the fake out version and freaks out Chloe and Sully when removing a box from the clutches of a skeleton.

Source: Video Game / Uncharted

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