The phrase "grab a car" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a situation where someone quickly obtains a car for a short period of time, such as when they need to borrow a car for a few hours to run an errand or take a quick trip. For example, "I'm running late and don't have time to take the bus, so I'm going to grab a car from my friend to get to the movie theater in time."
Lampooned in the 1984 film "Repo Man" and typically portrayed as shifty strongmen on cable television, they are saddled with a reputation for a willingness to do just about anything to grab a car, including staring down pit bulls, breaking into garages or playing the heavy with angry owners.
Then grab a car and make your getaway.
If you are taking the train in from Manhattan or Philly, grab a car service to the restaurant, it's easier than walking around.
Meanwhile GM launched a new car-sharing service called Maven, which uses a ZipCar-style membership model where you grab a car when you need one.
"We had to grab a car and drive to the central station to power the router back on, our whole banking infrastructure was down for 30-plus minutes and that was one of the darkest days of my career". .
You can also grab a car and run over lots and lots of pedestrians.
Arriving in a new city, grabbing a car and heading out to explore — that is second nature to me.
He also grabbed a car, and some poor random woman off the street - and took them all (bar the car) to the kind of dark, damp basement that you can hire out for such nefarious purposes.
We flew out of Boston to Bangor on one of the frequent 70-minute flights run by Business Express, a subsidiary of American Airlines, grabbed a car in Bangor and reached Greenville in well under a two-hour drive.
He raced out, grabbed a car door-handle and refused to let go.
Hernandez's mother said her daughter made a mistake by "grabbing" a car that did not belong to her but didn't deserve to pay with her life.
