tried googling it but I only got the idiom and not an actual answer

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[–] 3 points 12 hours ago

My charitable explaination is that he worked in the trades for a long time and is confusing an extremely local phrase ("grip with your paw") with actual definition of the word.

One construction team I worked with a lot when I did trades called 2x4s "tooths" (two four -> twofer -> tooths) along with a bunch of other jargon. My team (AV/IT) called small screwdrivers "tweaks." When you work with the same people long enough, you come up with your own jokes and phrases....

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