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To encounter an unexpected problem or delay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
op een moeilijkheid stuiten
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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Finnish:
törmätä ongelmaan
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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Finnish:
kohdata ongelma
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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Finnish:
kohdata vastoinkäyminen
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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French:
tomber sur un os
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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German:
hängenbleiben
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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German:
auf Schwierigkeiten stoßen
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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Hungarian:
nehézségbe ütközik
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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Spanish:
encontrar un problema inesperado
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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Swedish:
stöta på patrull
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay
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Swedish:
stöta på problem
— to encounter an unexpected problem or delay