snatch (someone) from the jaws of death

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snatch (someone) from the jaws of death

To rescue someone at the last moment from near or certain death. Thankfully, the EMTs arrived to the crash in time to snatch the woman and her child from the jaws of death.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dinis	dee-NEES (Portuguese), jee-NEES (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Dominique	do-mee-NEEK	French
Kasper	KAHS-per (Polish, Swedish), KAHS-pər (Dutch)	Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Helmine	-	German
Achinoam	-	Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Nevena	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian