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

After San Francisco was called for too many players in the huddle, Judkins ran it up the middle on a direct snap out of shotgun for the conversion. —CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025

LaVine snapped out of his recent shooting slump in the loss to Utah, scoring 34 points on 12-of-22 shooting while going 4 of 9 from 3-point range. —Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 29 Nov. 2025

After the two teams combined for eight turnovers in the opening three minutes, one of them suddenly snapped out of the funk. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025

Funny, though, that this movie could be viewed as the flip side of Causeway, a quiet drama that’s also about a woman at a crossroads who snaps out of her inertia thanks to meeting a kindly stranger. —Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for snap out of

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