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snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
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snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (三人称単数 現在形 snatches defeat from the jaws of victory, 現在分詞 snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, 過去形および過去分詞形 snatched defeat from the jaws of victory)
- (idiomatic) To suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment.
- 1874, Illinois sports pages, "but when they [the Whitesocks baseball team] snatch defeat from the jaws of victory there can be little sympathy for their deserved misfortune." (Quoteinvestigator)
- 1999, Abraham Lincoln removed Gen. Ambrose Burnside from command after the Battle of Fredricksburg[sic] (11-15 December 1862), describing his actions as snatching defeat from the jaws of victory—Janis Herbert, The Civil War for Kids. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press, p. 68.
- 1999, Daniel N. Nelson, "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," Journal of the Atomic Scientists (Chicago, Illinois). October 1992.
- 2005, William Kristol, "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?" The Weekly Standard (Washington, D.C.). 6 September 2005.
- 2007, William Easterly, "The Ideology of Development," Foreign Policy (Washington, D.C.). June 11, 2007.
- 2008, Victor Davis Hanson, "Snatching Defeat from the jaws of victory," National Review (New York, New York). 31 January 2008.
- 2009, "Teenagers snatch defeat from the jaws of victory," Londonderry Sentinal (Londonderry, Northern Ireland). 22 October 2009.
- 2010, Peter Roebuck. "Tourists snatch defeat from jaws of victory," Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales). 8 January 2010.
- 2023 October 4, Drachinifel, 28:18 from the start, in Battle of the Komandorski Islands - Forced to run, yet still they won[1], archived from the original on 4 October 2023:
- This analysis was reflected in the fates of the respective commanding officers. McMorris, who'd managed to, by luck and judgment, retain all of his ships, was made Nimitz's chief of staff. Hosogaya, who'd managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, was relieved of command and forced to retire to the reserves, where he would never again be allowed an active seagoing command.
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