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grasped at straws

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
grasped at s-traws
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of grasp at straws

Questions

What does grasped at straws mean?
simple past and past participle of grasp at straws

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