grasp at straws
To guess randomly or pursue any apparent option, due to a lack of clear choices or information.
I've never met his mother, so I'm grasping at straws for an appropriate gift for her.
grasp
UK /ɡɹɑːsp/ US /ɡɹæsp/
verb 3noun 3name 2
Definitions
verb
1
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?
2
To understand.
I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
3
To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
noun
1
Grip.
A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.
in the tyrant's grasp
2
Understanding.
There is for the mind but one grasp of happiness: from that uppermost pinnacle of wisdom, whence we see that this world is well designed.
3
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
The goal is within my grasp.
name
1
Acronym of General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns (or Principles).
2
Acronym of Gamepedia Rapid Anti-Spam Patrol.
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