grope (about) (for someone or something)

grope (about) (for someone or something)
grope (about) (for someone or something) & grope (around) (for someone or something)
to feel around blindly for someone or something. •

In the darkness, he groped about for his glasses.

Fran groped for the light switch and found it.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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