hit a snag en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To encounter an unexpected problem or delay.
Ms. Harris opted for buying hair and getting a beautician to make it into a two “forever wigs,” right for her face and head measurements. Even so, she hit several snags. When her wigs arrived, one was just too full.
2020 September 24, Cynthia Greenlee, “Now’s the Time for Wigs. If You Can Get the Hair for Them.”, in The New York Times:Their plans to finish the garden that weekend hit a snag when an unseasonal snowfall dropped several inches on what should have become the pumpkin patch that day.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hit a snag | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hit a snag | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| hits a snag | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| hitting a snag | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
fr tomber sur un os (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · sv stöta på patrull (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · fi kohdata vastoinkäyminen (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · fi kohdata ongelma (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · hu nehézségbe ütközik (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · nl op een moeilijkheid stuiten (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · sv stöta på problem (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · es encontrar un problema inesperado (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · fi törmätä ongelmaan (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · de auf Schwierigkeiten stoßen (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) · de hängenbleiben (to encounter an unexpected problem or delay)