grasp at

phrasal verb

grasped at; grasping at; grasps at
: to try to take or get (something) in an eager or desperate way
They were ready to grasp at any possible solution.
He grasped at the opportunity to speak with her.

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To assign much depth to the interaction is to grasp at straws, desperate for gossip in a fresh-lavender-scented wasteland. Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2025 The occasional swipe of Auto-Tune somehow makes everything worse: the sound of an out-of-touch pop star grasping at the tools of contemporary music. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2025 But the same brokers were left grasping at excuses when the market turned. Mark Kane, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 The dearth of information, paired with this week's committee firings, has left companies and policy experts grasping at straws. Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grasp at

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“Grasp at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grasp%20at. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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