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— phrasal verb with grasp uk /ɡrɑːsp/ us /ɡræsp/ verb [ T ]

› to try to take an opportunity:

Certainly if the job were offered me I'd grasp at the chance.

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C2 to try to hold or touch something:

She grasped at his shirt as he ran past.

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(Definition of “grasp at sth” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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