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Phrase(s): stab something at someone or something
to thrust something at someone or something. • The hunter stabbed a stick at the bear to see if there was any life at all left in it. • The stork tried to stab its beak at me as I held it, but I held tight while the vet examined it., Phrase(s): a stab at someone
Go to a try at someone., Phrase(s): stab at someone or something
to thrust at someone or something with something sharp, such as a knife. • The horrid man stabbed at me and missed. • The stork stabbed at the frog with its beak., Phrase(s): a stab at something
Go to a try at something.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs