make a grab at
make a grab at (someone or something)
1. Literally, to attempt to seize or grasp someone or something. The man made a grab at me as I walked by, so I sprayed him in the face with pepper spray. I tried making a grab for the paper in her hand, but she snatched it away from me effortlessly.
2. To attempt to achieve or obtain something. The team is making a grab at the championship title for the first time in nearly 25 years. The extremist group has made a grab at power in the country's parliament.
See also: grab, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
make a grab at someone or something
to grasp at someone or something. Don made a grab at Betsy, but she eluded him. Kelly made a grab at the ball, but it went on past her.
See also: grab, make
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- make a grab at (someone or something)
- make a grab for (someone or something)
- grab at
- grab at (someone or something)
- grab for (someone or something)
- drop (someone or something) on (someone or something)
- drop on
- within grasp
- lay (one's) hands on (someone or something)
- lay hands on