"snatch the pebble" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-snatch the pebble.ogg [Australia] Forms: snatches the pebble [present, singular, third-person], snatching the pebble [participle, present], snatched the pebble [participle, past], snatched the pebble [past]
Etymology: From the 1970s television series called Kung Fu starring David Carradine. In the title sequence to this series, the protagonist (a young martial arts student) is finally able to snatch a pebble from his master's hand, indicating he has developed sufficient skills and wisdom and is ready to leave the school and venture into the world. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} snatch the pebble (third-person singular simple present snatches the pebble, present participle snatching the pebble, simple past and past participle snatched the pebble)
  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To fully grasp the meaning of a concept or developed a skill to a high degree of proficiency, often that rivals some specific expert. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-snatch_the_pebble-en-verb-lR9pwLkb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for snatch the pebble meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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