CLUTCH


Meaning of CLUTCH in English

(~es, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If you ~ at something or ~ something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.

I staggered and had to ~ at a chair for support...

She was ~ing a photograph.

= grasp, grip

VERB: V at n, V n

2.

If someone is in another person’s ~es, that person has captured them or has power over them.

Stojanovic escaped their ~es by jumping from a moving vehicle.

= grasp

N-PLURAL: usu with poss

3.

In a vehicle, the ~ is the pedal that you press before you change gear.

Laura let out the ~ and pulled slowly away down the drive.

N-COUNT

4.

to ~ at straws: see straw

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