snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

动词 v.
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英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment. idiomatic
    — 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)

词形变化

snatches defeat from the jaws of victory present,singular,third-person snatching defeat from the jaws of victory participle,present snatched defeat from the jaws of victory participle,past snatched defeat from the jaws of victory past

词源

An ironic reversal of snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
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