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snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is the present participle and gerund of snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Meaning of snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Verb

snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (third-person singular simple present snatches defeat from the jaws of victory, present participle snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, simple past and past participle snatched defeat from the jaws of victory)

  1. (idiomatic) To suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment.
    • 1874, Illinois sports pages, "but when they [the Whitesocks baseball team] snatch defeat from the jaws of victory there can be little sympathy for their deserved misfortune." (Quoteinvestigator)

Questions about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

What is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory the present participle and gerund of?
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is the present participle and gerund of snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Words near snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in the dictionary

  1. snatchier
  2. snatchiest
  3. snatchily
  4. snatchiness
  5. snatching
  6. snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
  7. snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory
  8. snatching someone's edges
  9. snatching the pebble
  10. snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
  11. snatchingly

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