snap someone's head off
snap someone's head off · snaps someone's head off · snapped someone's head off · snapping someone's head off
To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a…To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark.
Forms
snaps someone's head off, snapping someone's head off, snapped someone's head off, snapped someone's head offirregular
| Base form | snap someone's head off · to snap someone's head off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | snaps someone's head off |
| Present participle | snapping someone's head off |
| Past simple | snapped someone's head off |
| Past participle | snapped someone's head off |
Tenses
snap someone's head off · snapped someone's head off · will snap someone's head off · have snapped someone's head offPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | snap someone's head off |
| he, she, it | snaps someone's head off |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have snapped someone's head off |
| he, she, it | has snapped someone's head off |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will snap someone's head off |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | snapped someone's head off |
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
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.