Can these sentences mean the same thing?
To chase shadows.
To catch at shadows.
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Nanren88 is correct.
Catch in catching shadows means to grab them.
While chase in chasing shadows means to go after them.
Depending on what you want the sentence to say, you could use either or.
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"Catch at shadows" is not a normal thing to say. Using "catch" in this way, similar to "grab at" is unusual.
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