snap out of

phrasal verb

snapped out of; snapping out of; snaps out of

informal

: to stop being in or to cause (someone) to stop being in (an unhappy condition or mood, a daydream, etc.)

I don't know how to get her to snap out of her depression.

The sound of a door slamming snapped me out of my daydream.

Come on, snap out of it! You can't let your breakup get you so depressed.

Examples of snap out of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Billy reluctantly goes along with it, while Mary, watching far away in Scotland, folds her disappointment up like laundry and gets on with business of waiting for her two friends to snap out of it. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025

Then, one of the carriages snaps out of place and rams into another. —Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025

The Hurricanes snapped out of their rut in the fourth quarter, using a 13-play, 80-yard drive capped by Brown’s second touchdown and a four-play, 22-yard drive capped by Fletcher’s touchdown to turn a one-score game into a comfortable win late. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025

Working on their 14th play of the drive facing second-and-goal at the Philadelphia 6-yard line, Patrick Mahomes snapped out of the shotgun and Travis Kelce broke inside on an angle. —Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for snap out of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove