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hit a snag
Idioms and Phrases
Encounter a problem or obstacle. For example, We've hit a snag with this building project . The noun snag has been used in the sense of “a sharp or rough projection,†such as would impede passage, since the 1500s.Example Sentences
The $8-billion deal has hit a snag at the Federal Communications Commission.
He wasn’t the only one who seemed to hit a snag in his development, either.
Notre Dame moved the ball at will on USC’s defense in the third quarter, just as USC’s offense hit a snag.
About five hours after the fire ignited near Somis around 9 a.m. on Nov. 6, some firefighters hit a snag in their response efforts.
An extensive search for an Indian woman who disappeared into a pavement sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur hit a snag on its eighth day, as authorities now say it is "too risky" to continue deploying divers.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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