Collocations for "snag"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "snag" in context.
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snag
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [sharp, dangerous, prickly, protruding] snag
- [metal, branch, thorn, wood, fingernail] snags
- a snag in the [skirt, dress, seam, fabric]
- caught my [coat, sleeve, shirt, pants] on a snag
- my [coat] got caught on a snag
- has been a snag in the plan
- have run into several snags along the way
- snags in the [woods, forest]
- the [bird, eagle] was perched on the snag
- snag a [coat, tail, shirt, sleeve] (on)
- the [coat] snagged on the [branch, tree, handle]
- the [branches] snagged his [coat]
- snagged at her [purse, wallet, handbag]
- the [thief, pickpocket, mugger] snagged her [purse]
- snagged [the money, his phone] from his pocket
- UK: [he, the boss] snagged my [efforts, suggestions, ideas]
- the [cable, line, wire] snagged