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to press the trigger ☊

like: lảy cò → →

She seized her by the hair. ☊ by ☊
He used a false name to get the job. ☊ FALSE ☊
I have to go and get my mother from the airport (= collect her). ☊ get ☊
He grabbed her around the throat and squeezed. ☊ grab ☊
'Which do you want?' 'I'll take the little one.' ☊ little ☊
He opened his arms wide to embrace her. ☊ open ☊
His hand shot out to grab her. ☊ shoot ☊
shoot sth + adv./prep.: He shot out his hand to grab her. ☊ shoot ☊
After a short struggle, I managed to get the knife away from him. ☊ struggle ☊
He took her hand/took her by the hand (= held her hand, for example to lead her somewhere). ☊ take ☊