snap to attention

English

Verb

snap to attention (third-person singular simple present snaps to attention, present participle snapping to attention, simple past and past participle snapped to attention or (obsolete) snapt to attention)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, military, sometimes figurative) Synonym of stand at attention.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ “snap to attention, v.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “snap to attention” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

Further reading

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