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Discover LudwigThe phrase "snatched it from" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is a colloquialism that means to take something quickly and forcefully from someone or something. Example: The bully snatched the toy from the little girl's hands. This phrase can also be used in a figurative sense, as in: Example: The CEO snatched the company's success from the jaws of bankruptcy.
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Without any warning, Fayyad snatched it from the bank.
Instead, Lauderdale snatched it from Johnson and sent the play the other way.
Baffert snatched it from his head and threw it into the crowd at Pimlico Race Course.
Mr. Corrales said he snatched it from the car belonging to Somoza's wife.
Nelson, who was a natural, even snatched it from victory by losing successive body parts and then dying.
"Mrs Brooks [former editor Rebekah Brooks] immediately snatched it from the newslist and said, 'let me handle this'.
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The guard snatches it from his hand.
The guard snatches it from his hand.
Older kids bully them out of it, their parents snatch it from them, it's stolen".
I snatch it from him, pull down my goggles and respirator and shut the door.
Lamela grabbed the ball and he resisted Son's attempts to snatch it from him.
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