Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 16 compound words that contain snatch. The most common are listed below. Open snatch in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- snatch blockA kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
- snatch squadA group of police officers who rush forward in formation so as to apprehend an individual from a crowd.
- snatch defeat from the jaws of victoryTo suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment.
- snatch defeat out of the jaws of victoryTo fail to achieve an expected success, especially through counterproductive intervention.
- snatch and grabSynonym of snatch and run: An unsophisticated method of committing robbery by grabbing someone's property and attempting to flee with it.
- snatch and runAn unsophisticated method of committing robbery by grabbing someone's property and attempting to flee with it.
- snatch someone's edgesTo tug at or pull out the fine hairs at someone's hairline (i.e. their edges).
- snatch victory from the jaws of defeatTo suddenly win a contest when it appears that loss is a foregone conclusion, to succeed in an endeavor through reversal of fortune, skill, effort, or good judgment.
- cradle-snatchTo have a romantic relationship with a person much younger than oneself.
- chain-snatchTo snatch a gold chain (or sometimes a silver chain) from a woman (or a man) and run away.
- snatch blocksplural of snatch block: A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
- snatch loadingThe hitching of additional livestock to a scraper to assist the team pulling it.
- snatch squadsplural of snatch squad: A group of police officers who rush forward in formation so as to apprehend an individual from a crowd.
- snatch and runsplural of snatch and run: An unsophisticated method of committing robbery by grabbing someone's property and attempting to flee with it.
- snatch and grabsplural of snatch and grab: An unsophisticated method of committing robbery by grabbing someone's property and attempting to flee with it.
- snatch the pebbleTo fully grasp the meaning of a concept or to develop a skill to a high degree of proficiency, often that rivals some specific expert.
Compound words 16
- snatchyIn snatches or glimpses.
- upsnatchTo seize or snatch up.
- snatchableCapable of being snatched.
- outsnatchTo surpass in snatching.
- unsnatchTo release or let go that which has been snatched or grabbed.
- resnatchTo snatch again.
- snatchbackThe act of forcibly taking something back, such as a turn in speaking (by interjecting) or a hire-purchase item on which installments are overdue.
- snatchlessWithout a snatch
- snatchproofResistant to being snatched.
- foresnatchTo snatch in advance.