snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory (English, verb)
expansion: snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory (third-person singular simple present snatches defeat out of the jaws of victory, present participle snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, simple past and past participle snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory)
Senses:
glosses: To fail to achieve an expected success, especially through counterproductive intervention.
tags: humorous
Forms:
form: snatches defeat out of the jaws of victory
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory
tags: participle
present
form: snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory
tags: participle
past
form: snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory
tags: past