German-English translations for ergattern

eke outThe old man eked out his pension by selling vegetables from his gardenHe eked out a living selling vegetables from the garden
get hold ofEveryone is jostling to get hold of a note; the Convention draft is being dealt with as if a piece of game were being hunted to death so that everyone can pull out a piece for themselves. Alles balgt sich, um einen Schein zu ergattern; mit dem Konventsentwurf wird umgegangen, als gelte es, ein Stück Wild zu Tode zu hetzen, damit jeder für sich ein Stück herausreißen kann. Get hold of John and tell him the meetings been canceled.

snagBe careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River

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