up for grabs

up for grabs
up for grabs
1. Fig. available for anyone; not yet claimed. •

The election is up for grabs. Everything is still very chancy.

I don't know who will get the promotion. It's up for grabs.

2. Fig. in total chaos. •

This is a madhouse. The whole place is up for grabs.

When the market crashed, the whole office was up for grabs.

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{adj. phr.}, {informal} Available for anyone to try to get; ready to be competed for; there for the taking. * /When the captain of the football team moved out of town, his place was up for grabs./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • up for grabs — informal dozens of prizes are up for grabs Syn: available, obtainable, to be had, for the taking; for sale, on the market; informal for the asking, on tap, gettable …   Thesaurus of popular words

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