make a grab at (someone or something)

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
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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. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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