snatch noun
ADJ. brief
VERB + SNATCH catch, hear, overhear We caught snatches of conversation from the room next door. | hum, sing He was humming a snatch of a song from ‘Cabaret’.
PREP. in ~es She learnt to sleep in brief snatches.
PHRASES a snatch of conversation/music/song
snatch verb
ADV. almost | quickly | away, up She leapt to her feet, snatching up her bag.
VERB + SNATCH try to
PREP. at He snatched at her arm as she walked past. | from She almost snatched the letter from my hand.
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