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snapping out of

snapping out of is the present participle and gerund of snap out of.

Meaning of snap out of

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To terminate suddenly a mood, emotional state, or reverie.
    • I felt sad that he had left, but I had to snap out of it and get on with my life.

Questions about snapping out of

What is snapping out of the present participle and gerund of?
Snapping out of is the present participle and gerund of snap out of.

Words near snapping out of in the dictionary

  1. snapping beetles
  2. snapping hip syndrome
  3. snapping in
  4. snapping it up
  5. snapping one's fingers
  6. snapping out of
  7. snapping scapula syndrome
  8. snapping shrimp
  9. snapping shrimps
  10. snapping someone's head off
  11. snapping to

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snapping out of (page history and authors); snap out of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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