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31snatch victory from the jaws of defeat — If you manage to win something such as a match or a contest, when you are on the verge of losing, you snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. With a last minute goal, the team snatched victory form the jaws of defeat …
32snatch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English snacchen to snap, seize; akin to Middle Dutch snacken to snap at Date: 13th century intransitive verb to attempt to seize something suddenly transitive verb to take or grasp abruptly or hastily < snatch up a pen… …
33snatch — 1. verb 1) she snatched the sandwich Syn: grab, seize, take hold of, get one s hands on, take, pluck; grasp at, clutch at 2) informal someone snatched my bag See steal 1. 1) 3) informal …
34snatch — [[t]snætʃ[/t]] v. i. 1) to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usu. fol. by at) 2) to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp: He snatched the woman s purse and ran[/ex] 3) to take, pull, etc., suddenly or hastily 4) Slang.… …
35snatch something from someone's grasp — to manage to prevent someone from getting something She had snatched the prize from his grasp at the last minute …
36snatch victory from the jaws of defeat — win when it appears that you will lose, mount a comeback The opinion polls showed we were losing, but we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat …
37snatch — verb seize quickly and deftly. ↘informal steal or kidnap by seizing suddenly. ↘quickly secure or obtain. noun 1》 an act of snatching. 2》 a fragment of music or talk. 3》 Weightlifting the rapid raising of a weight from the floor to above the head… …
38snatch·er — /ˈsnæʧɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] : a person who takes something from someone else and runs away a purse/briefcase snatcher [=thief] a child/baby snatcher [=a person who kidnaps a child/baby] …
39force from — Synonyms and related words: badger, blackmail, exact, extort, levy blackmail, pry loose from, rend, rend from, rip, rip from, screw, shake down, snatch from, squeeze, tear from, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring, wring from …
40pry loose from — Synonyms and related words: badger, blackmail, exact, extort, force from, levy blackmail, rend, rend from, rip, rip from, screw, shake down, snatch from, squeeze, tear from, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring, wring from …
