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51grasp\ at\ a\ straw — • grasp at straws • clutch at straws v. phr. To depend on something that is useless or unable to help in a time of trouble or danger; try something with little hope of succeeding. To depend on your memory without studying for a test is to grasp… …
52grasp\ at\ straws — • grasp at straws • clutch at straws v. phr. To depend on something that is useless or unable to help in a time of trouble or danger; try something with little hope of succeeding. To depend on your memory without studying for a test is to grasp… …
53grasp the nettle — (UK) If you grasp the nettle, you deal bravely with a problem …
54grasp mentally — index construe (comprehend) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
55grasp the nettle — ► grasp the nettle Brit. tackle a difficulty boldly. Main Entry: ↑nettle …
56grasp|a|ble — «GRAS puh buhl, GRAHS », adjective. that can be grasped: »Figurative. This still fairly young man is capable of turning his attention to almost any topic, mastering it in short order, and putting it…in readily graspable form (New Yorker) …
57GRASP GL library format — The GL library format is a self contained animation library used by the GRASP GRaphical System for Presentation to store scripts, pictures, and all the commands needed for a GRASP animation. GRASP was the first multimedia animation program for… …
58grasp the nettle — phrasal : to take positive and decisive steps to deal with a problem : take the bull by the horns * * * grasp the nettle see under ↑nettle1 • • • Main Entry: ↑grasp grasp the nettle To set about an unpleasant task, duty, etc with firmness and… …
59grasp at straws — or[clutch at straws] {v. phr.} To depend on something that is useless or unable to help in a time of trouble or danger; try something with little hope of succeeding. * /To depend on your memory without studying for a test is to grasp at straws./… …
60grasp at straws — or[clutch at straws] {v. phr.} To depend on something that is useless or unable to help in a time of trouble or danger; try something with little hope of succeeding. * /To depend on your memory without studying for a test is to grasp at straws./… …
