Now, we're in a situation where, having won the political argument, the Government is at risk of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Do you always have to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?

In 1974-75, the United States snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Though the season represented a chance to win back viewers, one executive said, "We snatched defeat from the jaws of victory."

Time and again, I had managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, often by only a hair's breadth.

The Jays have been known to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory before.

But it seems right now like the Democrats want to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

So to cut commercial ties with China now would be to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Four days later, Dole snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

It has been suggested the withdrawal snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.