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catch at

Idioms  
  1. Snatch, grasp, as in The beggars kept catching at their coats. [c. 1600] Also see grasp at straws.


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More than 3 billion people will be in position to catch at least part of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He was given a standing ovation as he approached the crease for the delivery that dismissed Foulkes, the ground erupting as Harry Brook pouched a catch at second slip.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Hetmyer fell to Sharif with Brandon McMullen taking a stunning catch at long-on and Rutherford followed him on the first ball of the next over.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

I’ve tried to catch at least the ending every Christmas Eve to warm my spirits, no matter how bad things may be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

Consequently his letters had a certain ambiguous dignity calculated to catch at the imagination of a very special sort of reader.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

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