1 to clutch

2 to grab

3 to capture

1 to catch

2 to grapple with

3 to hold onto

1 to tease

1 to fathom

2 to make sense of

3 to grasp

1 to play hide-and-seek

1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)

2 strapped for cash

3 unable to make ends meet

1 lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations

2 to act on hearsay evidence

1 to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target

2 a turkey shoot

1 lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)

2 fig. to act blindly

1 to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)