snatch someone out of the jaws of death
- snatch someone out of the jaws of death
snatch someone out of the jaws of death & snatchsomeone from the jaws of death
Fig. to save someone from almost certain or imminent death. •
The soldier snatched the tiny child from the jaws of death.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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