wrist grab
Holding someone's forearm
A wrist grab is seizing someone's wrist with your hand, typically to restrain or control them.
It appears in self-defense contexts, where escaping a wrist grab is a basic technique, and in descriptions of controlling or threatening behavior: He caught her arm in a wrist grab as she turned to leave.
The term also names specific moves in martial arts and wrestling.
- gripSecure manual hold
- holdMaintain in grasp
- restraintControl over impulses
- pullForce toward oneself
- escapeFlight from captivity
tight grip · break free · self-defense · forearm · arm twist · twist · fingers · squeeze · struggle · fight back · let go · attacker · clutch · yank · control · pressure · defense · breakaway
- Asian DramasK-drama, J-drama, Korean drama, Japanese drama, Chinese drama
- seizingseize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grip
wrist grabhandshake
Mutual palm-gripping gesture
letting go · release · gentle touch · caress · high five
wrist grabrelease
To let go
letting go · freeing · unhand · relinquish · hands off
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