grab for (someone or something)
grab for (someone or something)
To attempt to seize or grasp someone or something. The man grabbed for me as I walked by, so I sprayed him in the face with pepper spray. I tried grabbing for the paper in her hand, but she snatched it away from me effortlessly.
See also: grab
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- grab at
- grab at (someone or something)
- make a grab at
- make a grab at (someone or something)
- make a grab for (someone or something)
- drop (someone or something) on (someone or something)
- drop on
- collar
- collar (someone)
- have a clue