hit a snag

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hit a snag (third-person singular simple present hits a snag, present participle hitting a snag, simple past and past participle hit a snag)

  1. (idiomatic) To encounter an unexpected problem or delay.
    Their plans to finish the garden that weekend hit a snag when an unseasonal snowfall dropped several inches on what should have become the pumpkin patch that day.
    • 2020 September 24, Cynthia Greenlee, “Now’s the Time for Wigs. If You Can Get the Hair for Them.”, in The New York Times:
      Ms. Harris opted for buying hair and getting a beautician to make it into a two “forever wigs,” right for her face and head measurements. Even so, she hit several snags. When her wigs arrived, one was just too full.

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