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snatching someone's edges

snatching someone's edges is the present participle and gerund of snatch someone's edges.

Meaning of snatch someone's edges

Verb

snatch someone's edges (third-person singular simple present snatches someone's edges, present participle snatching someone's edges, simple past and past participle snatched someone's edges)

  1. To tug at or pull out the fine hairs at someone's hairline (i.e. their edges).
    • His fingers tried to slide under my wig and I pushed them away.
      "Stop before you snatch my edges."2017, B. Love, Hunter & Onyx: An Unconventional Love Story
  2. (broadly, slang) To overwhelm someone; to have a strong impact on someone.
    • Sophie snatched everyone's edges with her last album.
    Synonyms:
    snatch someone's wig, snatch someone's weave

Questions about snatching someone's edges

What is snatching someone's edges the present participle and gerund of?
Snatching someone's edges is the present participle and gerund of snatch someone's edges.

Words near snatching someone's edges in the dictionary

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

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