Grabs
Shrugs
Both words in one sentence
- Catty asks the director if he's sure the wire's not live, and the director shrugs, so she grabs the wire... and then the director activates it, electrocuting her for real.
Source: Enforced Method Acting -
When Danny set out the dishes, including such delicacies as mealworm spaghetti and grasshopper chutney, Lindsay shrugs, grabs a fried spider and takes a huge bite while everyone else looks on in varying degrees of shock and queasiness.
Source: I Ate WHAT?!
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