Idiom
hit a snag
Meaning
To encounter an unexpected problem or delay.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We hit a snag with the car and arrived late.”
“The project was going well until we hit a snag with the budget, which forced us to delay the launch.”
“Although the construction team had planned for every contingency, they hit a snag when they discovered unstable soil beneath the foundation, halting all progress for weeks.”
Examples
simple
“We hit a snag with the car and arrived late.”
contextual
“The project was going well until we hit a snag with the budget, which forced us to delay the launch.”
complex
“Although the construction team had planned for every contingency, they hit a snag when they discovered unstable soil beneath the foundation, halting all progress for weeks.”
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