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Meaning of straw-grasping | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The act of grasping at straws.

uncountable

Examples

“Some of this is simply dead ender-claptrap: straw-grasping and copium for Trumpists who are struggling to assimilate the new reality.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

straw-hat straw-necked ibis strawb strawbale strawbana strawbed

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