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snap to

snap to verb: to suddenly give someone one's full attention.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To suddenly give someone one's full attention.
    • There was a young woman in the shop, a rather massively built young woman with muscular calves and a deep chest. She was pointing out the seat of her bicycle to Oscar, who was saying "Uh-huh" and looking more at her than at anything else "It's just a little too far forward […]" Oscar repeated...1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 52

Forms of snap to

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

Origin of snap to

Ellipsis of snap to attention.

Questions about snap to

What does snap to mean?
Snap to means to suddenly give someone one's full attention.
What part of speech is snap to?
Snap to is a verb.
What is the past tense of snap to?
The past tense of snap to is snapped to.

Words near snap to in the dictionary

  1. snap streaks
  2. snap swivel
  3. snap swivels
  4. snap tin
  5. snap tins
  6. snap to
  7. snap to attention
  8. snap to it
  9. snap trap
  10. snap traps
  11. snap up

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