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snapped at someone's heels

snapped at someone's heels is the simple past and past participle of snap at someone's heels.

Meaning of snap at someone's heels

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.

Questions about snapped at someone's heels

What is snapped at someone's heels the simple past and past participle of?
Snapped at someone's heels is the simple past and past participle of snap at someone's heels.

Words near snapped at someone's heels in the dictionary

  1. snaplock
  2. snaplocks
  3. Snapp
  4. snappable
  5. snapped
  6. snapped at someone's heels
  7. snapped back
  8. snapped in
  9. snapped it up
  10. snapped one's fingers
  11. snapped out of

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