Free and Grabbed

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Free verb - To set free (as from slavery or confinement).

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Grabbed is an antonym for free.

Nearby Words: freely, freed

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Free is an antonym for grabbed in latch on to topic.

Nearby Words: grabber, grabbing

Bubba tried taping Tenta to the post to cut off some more of his hair, but Tenta broke free and grabbed the sock and hit Bubba with it for the pin.

Source: Wrestling / John Tenta
In a variant, when Ash in Army of Darkness is grabbed by his own reflection, he breaks free and the mirror it'd leaned out from gets broken.

Source: Asteroids Monster
It was a complicated move where he grabbed the other guy until they pulled free or shoved him off.

Source: Adaptational Wimp

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