fumble for (something)
fumble for (something)
To make a clumsy, struggling attempt to find or grasp something. I fumbled for the light switch in the dark. Alice stood there, sobbing, and I fumbled for the right words to console her.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
fumble for something
to try to grasp awkwardly for something. He fumbled for his wallet, hoping Wally would pay the bill. Tex was shot while fumbling for his gun.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- fumble
- fumble for
- sob out
- within grasp
- pluck from
- have butterfingers
- butterfingers
- foozle
- hack (something) to bits
- hack (something) to pieces