to snatch
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3.0
- verb
- /snæʧ/
:
arrebatar
- She quickly snatched her phone from the table when it rang.
- snatch a purse
There's nothing like divorce to snatch defeat from the jaws of financial success.
- There's nothing like divorce to snatch defeat from the jaws of financial success.
- And then some of them, their ego would snatch it and they thought they were special.
- He said as a team we had to snatch his ass up.
- This outing has been ruined by Lobster Thermador snatching and cheating.
- So I was doing shit like that and we snatch shit, take it to the pawn shop, steal shit.
Examples
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I stood up and snatched it back.
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The kettle began to shrill, and she snatched it off the stove to silence it.
Fiction book (1990) -
Snatch it back and hold it.
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We need to leave now, he said as he snatched his truck keys.
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But he gets too close to Storm, who snatches the poker away from him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Allegra abandoned the bedpost to dance across the room and snatch a flower from a nearby arrangement.
Fiction book (1991) -
Swiftly, he darted inside and snatched the Druid History from its hiding place.
Fiction book (1991) -
Men raced to pull on their jackets, snatch up muskets, and sling on cartridge boxes.
Fiction book (1990) -
The child snatched the ball from his friend's hands during the game.
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As the bus was leaving, he snatched his backpack and ran to catch it.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Take something that does not belong to you without permission
∞
1.0
To take hold of a moving person or thing to stop it
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2.8
To catch and take control of someone or something after a chase
834
1.0
To lift something or someone from the ground with your hands
277
3.2
To take control of a place or person quickly, often by force
196
4.1
To pull something suddenly and hard
66
3.1
To move down quickly through the air to grab or catch something
65
1.6
Grab something quickly with a sudden motion
60
1.1
To take and hold something firmly with the hands
54
4.1
To jump suddenly onto something to grab or attack it
49
5.5
To take something quickly without the owner noticing
47
2.8
To lift or pick up something quickly with your hand
40
5.8
Catch someone suddenly to stop or arrest them
24
4.6
To grab something quickly, often before someone else
24
2.5
To take something in your hand
21
3.1
Grab something or someone with your hands
20
4.1
To move forward quickly to attack or reach something
15
2.0
To grasp something with your hands
14
3.7
Buy something quickly before other people do
8
3.9
Move someone or something quickly to another place
1
9.9
To take something quickly, often without permission
1
4.2
Pick something up quickly by moving down fast
1
7.7
To quickly take something before others can act
To take something quickly often before others notice
Antonyms
Idioms
1
9.6
A team or person loses an almost certain win in the final minute because of a mistake
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A pulley that opens so you can place a rope inside without passing the end through
How Quickly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snatch probably began as a short, sharp sound people used for a sudden grab, much like the word snap. So to snatch something is to 'grab quickly', which fits the word's modern use.