snatch

snatch
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief
VERB + SNATCH
▪ catch, hear, overhear
▪

We caught snatches of conversation from the room next door.

▪ hum, sing
▪

He was humming a snatch of a song from ‘Cabaret’.

PREPOSITION
▪ in snatches
▪

She learned to sleep in brief snatches.

PHRASES
▪ a snatch of conversation, a snatch of dialogue, a snatch of music, a snatch of song
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verb
ADVERB
▪ almost
▪ quickly
▪ away, back, up
▪

She snatched her hand back.

▪

She leaped to her feet, snatching up her bag.

VERB + SNATCH
▪ try to
▪

Someone tried to snatch her purse.

PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪

He snatched at her arm as she walked past.

▪ from
▪

She almost snatched the letter from my hand.

▪ out of
▪

I snatched it out of his hands.

Snatch is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑robber, ↑thief
Snatch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bag, ↑draw, ↑handbag, ↑purse, ↑sleep, ↑toy, ↑victory

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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