Collocations for "grope"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "grope" in context.
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grope
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- was caught groping (women)
- groped her in [public, the street]
- groped her [butt, breasts]
- was arrested for groping
- was accused of groping
- groped his girlfriend (in public)
- groped each other [in the taxi]
- groped for his [glasses, alarm clock]
- groped around in the dark (looking) for
- groped around in the [drawer, glove compartment] (looking) for
- groped his way [up the stairs, through the door] in the dark
- had to grope his way [up the stairs] in the dark
- groped [desperately, wildly, frantically] for
- was groping for the right words
- sexually explicit: were having a grope on the [sofa, seat]
- sexually explicit: [sneaked, walked] off for a grope
- sexually explicit: gave her [leg, breasts] a grope
- sexually explicit: a grope under the table
- sexually explicit: felt a grope on her (leg)