snap at someone's heels
snap at someone's heels · snaps at someone's heels · snapped at someone's heels · snapping at someone's heels
To compete with someone closely, with the possibility of soon defeating or replacing themTo compete with someone closely, with the possibility of soon defeating or replacing them.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, informal)To compete with someone closely, with the possibility of soon defeating or replacing them.
Forms
snaps at someone's heels, snapping at someone's heels, snapped at someone's heels, snapped at someone's heels| Base form | snap at someone's heels · to snap at someone's heels |
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| 3rd person singular | snaps at someone's heels |
| Present participle | snapping at someone's heels |
| Past simple | snapped at someone's heels |
| Past participle | snapped at someone's heels |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | snap at someone's heels |
| he, she, it | snaps at someone's heels |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | snapped at someone's heels |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have snapped at someone's heels |
| he, she, it | has snapped at someone's heels |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will snap at someone's heels |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.