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grabbed at

grabbed at is the simple past and past participle of grab at.

Meaning of grab at

Verb

grab at (third-person singular simple present grabs at, present participle grabbing at, simple past and past participle grabbed at)

  1. To grasp, or attempt to grasp, something or somebody, using one's hand, usually in a rough or rude manner.

Questions about grabbed at

What is grabbed at the simple past and past participle of?
Grabbed at is the simple past and past participle of grab at.

Words near grabbed at in the dictionary

  1. grabbag
  2. grabbags
  3. grabbed
  4. grabbed and gone
  5. grabbed and went
  6. grabbed at
  7. grabbed by the lapels
  8. grabbed hold
  9. grabbed off
  10. grabbed one's ankles
  11. grabbed some air

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grabbed at (page history and authors); grab at (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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