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up for grabs
adjective as in available
Strongest matches
adjective as in doubtful
Strongest matches
adjective as in problematic
adjective as in unapt
Weak matches
- ambiguous
- borderline
- chancy
- clouded
- contingent
- debatable
- dicey
- disreputable
- doubtable
- dubious
- dubitable
- equivocal
- far-fetched
- fat chance
- fishy
- hazardous
- hazy
- iffy
- improbable
- impugnable
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- insecure
- long shot
- obscure
- on thin ice
- open
- pending
- precarious
- problematic
- questionable
- shady
- sneaky
- speculative
- suspect
- suspicious
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- undecided
- uneasy
- unlikely
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsure
adjective as in uncertain
Strongest matches
adjective as in unpredictable
adjective as in unsettled
adjective as in unsure
Strongest matches
noun as in fair game
Example Sentences
About half the seats in the Chamber of Deputies are up for grabs, and a third of those in the Senate.
Whoever wins the mini-tournament, featuring single-match semi-finals and a final, qualifies for six-nation inter-continental play-offs next March with two World Cup places up for grabs.
Until then, our faces are up for grabs.
The score and the hush of the normally raucous Santa Ana Stadium crowd told the story: For the first time in a long while, the Trinity League is up for grabs.
I wrote an essay that argued that now that the post–Cold War era is over, we’re in uncharted territory and things are up for grabs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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