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[louiselux]

Here's another Americanism that jars me when I see it in potter fics: 'snagged'. Used to mean 'took', as in 'he snagged some plates'.

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[lexin.livejournal.com]

I've always assumed it means 'picked up' as in 'He snagged the shampoo from off the floor' which I came across in a story.

The usage of snagged that Nym is talking about is pulling a thread out of (for example) a piece of cloth or getting your nail caught in your tights and making a hole. That's the British usage of snagged.

[nym2.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not talking about the pulling a thread kind.