snap to attention (English, verb)
expansion: snap to attention (third-person singular simple present snaps to attention, present participle snapping to attention, simple past and past participle snapped to attention)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of stand at attention.
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
intransitive
sometimes
Forms:
form: snaps to attention
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: snapping to attention
tags: participle
present
form: snapped to attention
tags: participle
past
form: snapped to attention
tags: past