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Phrase(s): grope (around) (for someone or something)
Go to grope (about) (for someone or something)., Phrase(s): grope (about) (for someone or something) [and] grope (around) (for someone or something)
to feel around blindly for someone or something. • In the darkness, he groped about for his glasses. • Fran groped for the light switch and found it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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grope for sth
to try to think of something, especially the right words, the correct answer, etc
• I'm groping for the right words here.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verb
feel or reach blindly:
He would grope in the dark for his knife., verb
fumble:
We will grope our way to success.
Simple Definitions
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verb ADV. blindly | vaguely | about/around/round PREP. for She groped blindly for the door handle. PHRASES grope your way I groped my way across the pitch-black stage.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary