clutch at sth
— phrasal verb with clutch uk/klʌtʃ/us/klʌtʃ/verb [ I or T ]
to try very hard to hold something:
Feeling herself fall, she clutched at a branch.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- cage
- capture
- catch
- collar
- corner
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- grasp at sth
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
- snatch at sth
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