make a grab for (someone or something)

1. Literally, to attempt to seize or grasp someone or something. The man made a grab for 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 for the championship title for the first time in nearly 25 years. The extremist group has made a grab for power in the country's parliament.

词组	make a grab for (someone or something)
释义	make a grab for (someone or something) make a grab for (someone or something) 1. Literally, to attempt to seize or grasp someone or something. The man made a grab for 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 for the championship title for the first time in nearly 25 years. The extremist group has made a grab for power in the country's parliament. See also: grab, make Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: make a grab at make a grab at (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
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