catch at
Snatch, grasp, as in The beggars kept catching at their coats. [c. 1600] Also see grasp at straws.
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Words nearby catch at
catcall, catch, Catch-22, catchall, catch-as-catch-can, catch at, catch a Tartar, catch basin, catch cold, catch-colt, catch-cord
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