Idiom
snap out of
Meaning
To terminate suddenly a mood, emotional state, or reverie.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need to snap out of this sad mood.”
“She realized she was daydreaming during the meeting and tried to snap out of it quickly.”
“He spent weeks mourning his lost opportunity, but eventually decided he must snap out of his melancholy and focus on the future.”
Examples
simple
“You need to snap out of this sad mood.”
contextual
“She realized she was daydreaming during the meeting and tried to snap out of it quickly.”
complex
“He spent weeks mourning his lost opportunity, but eventually decided he must snap out of his melancholy and focus on the future.”
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