grope after
grope after (someone or something)
To try, often unsuccessfully, to touch, catch, or grasp someone or something. I groped after Sally's hand as the car came careening down the street. Tanya groped after the string, but it slipped away, and the balloon floated toward the sky.
See also: after, grope
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
grope after someone or something
to reach for a departing or fleeing person or thing awkwardly or ineffectually. The feeble hand groped after the departing form. I groped after the cat as it ran under the bed.
See also: after, grope
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- grope after (someone or something)
- grope at
- grope at (someone or something)
- get (one's) hands on (someone)
- get your hands on someone
- get/lay your hands on somebody
- lay (one's) hands on (someone or something)
- lay hands on
- drop (someone or something) on (someone or something)
- drop on