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snap at someone's heels

snap at someone's heels verb: to compete with someone closely, with the possibility of soon defeating or replacing them.

Verb

snap at someone's heels (third-person singular simple present snaps at someone's heels, present participle snapping at someone's heels, simple past and past participle snapped at someone's heels)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To compete with someone closely, with the possibility of soon defeating or replacing them.

Forms of snap at someone's heels

third-person singular presentsnaps at someone's heels
present participlesnapping at someone's heels
past participlesnapped at someone's heels
pastsnapped at someone's heels

Questions about snap at someone's heels

What does snap at someone's heels mean?
Snap at someone's heels means to compete with someone closely, with the possibility of soon defeating or replacing them.
What part of speech is snap at someone's heels?
Snap at someone's heels is a verb.
What is the past tense of snap at someone's heels?
The past tense of snap at someone's heels is snapped at someone's heels.

Words near snap at someone's heels in the dictionary

  1. snammed
  2. snamming
  3. snams
  4. snap
  5. snap apple
  6. snap at someone's heels
  7. snap back
  8. snap bean
  9. snap beans
  10. snap beetle
  11. snap beetles

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