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grope (about) (for someone or something) and grope (around) (for someone or something) to feel around blindly for someone or something. In the darkness, he groped about for his glasses. Fran groped for the light switch and found it. 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 at someone or something to reach for someone or something blindly. She groped feebly at the form she could hardly see. Sharon groped at Frank as he ran out to get the doctor. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I have only one question: Do gropers count as sex offenders? driven promises to convert one of his Hummers to hydrogen power and to hire a "well-respected investigative firm" to look into whether he was a serial groper (both promises no sooner made than abandoned). This supports the findings of Lee & Groper (1974) who reported that males do not fit the stereotype of the ideal student -- quiet, orderly, and conforming -- but rather call out answers, act out, interrupt, and misbehave, in general, much more frequently than do females. |
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