Meaning of up for grabs | Babel Free

Definitions

Available for anyone to obtain, claim, decide, or win.

idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Gandhi today is up for grabs. He has become abstract, ahistorical, postmodern, no longer a man in and of his time but a freeloading concept.”

“The Senate is up for grabs in November's election.”

“"In the transformation of clean technology, it's up for grabs whether the giants will be American or Chinese or from other countries," says Salzman.”

CEFR level