grab at/for
phrasal verb
grabbed at/for; grabbing at/for; grabs at/for
: to quickly stretch out one's hand and try to touch or hold (something or someone)
People were grabbing at her as she walked through the crowd.
He grabbed for the ball and missed.
—often used figurativelyWe grabbed at the chance to go.
political parties grabbing for power
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The one-handed, diving nature of Wilson’s effort was compared to Odell Beckham Jr.’s grab for the New York Giants against the Dallas Cowboys in 2014.
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Ben Morse, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Tools for Humanity itself is venture-backed, and the foundation, in its land grab for the modern identity verification market and your personal biometric data, is focused on scale, scale, scale.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
The Skylift, a rotating glass platform that rises 30 feet above the very top of Rockefeller Center, is, like most non-office real estate in Midtown, a naked grab for tourist dollars that’s really meant to be experienced once.
—Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2024
Lyle and Erik claimed that their mother and father abused them, but prosecutors alleged that the crime was a grab at the family fortune.
—Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
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Ben Morse, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Tools for Humanity itself is venture-backed, and the foundation, in its land grab for the modern identity verification market and your personal biometric data, is focused on scale, scale, scale.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
The Skylift, a rotating glass platform that rises 30 feet above the very top of Rockefeller Center, is, like most non-office real estate in Midtown, a naked grab for tourist dollars that’s really meant to be experienced once.
—Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2024
Lyle and Erik claimed that their mother and father abused them, but prosecutors alleged that the crime was a grab at the family fortune.
—Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Grab at/for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grab%20at%2Ffor. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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