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snap back

snap back verb: to recover quickly.

Verb

snap back (third-person singular simple present snaps back, present participle snapping back, simple past and past participle snapped back)

  1. (idiomatic) To recover quickly.
    1. (broadly, idiomatic) To return to an earlier state.
  2. (figuratively) To answer sharply.

Synonyms of snap back

Forms of snap back

third-person singular presentsnaps back
present participlesnapping back
past participlesnapped back
pastsnapped back

Origin of snap back

First attested in the first half of 1900s (sense 1).

Questions about snap back

What does snap back mean?
Snap back means to recover quickly.
What part of speech is snap back?
Snap back is a verb.
What is the past tense of snap back?
The past tense of snap back is snapped back.

Words near snap back in the dictionary

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

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