snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (English, verb)
expansion: snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (third-person singular simple present snatches defeat from the jaws of victory, present participle snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, simple past and past participle snatched defeat from the jaws of victory)
Senses:
glosses: To suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: snatches defeat from the jaws of victory
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
tags: participle
present
form: snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
tags: participle
past
form: snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
tags: past