get a snippet

Frequency: 6.58.5 per million words

to receive or hear a small piece of information

snippetVERB + SNIPPET

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get

Examples (10)

  • I only managed to get a snippet of their conversation before they walked away.
  • Did you get any snippets of news from the conference call?
  • She hopes to get a snippet of the new album before its official release.
  • We might be able to get some useful snippets of information from the old archives.
  • He was trying to get a snippet of the live performance on his phone.
  • By listening intently, she managed to get a few snippets of the secret discussion.
  • The journalist tried to get a snippet of the politician's impromptu speech.
  • If you get any interesting snippets of local history, please share them.
  • Modern search engines can get highly relevant snippets from vast amounts of data.
  • I just got a tiny snippet of what they were planning, but it sounded serious.