Daily life
press snooze
delay an alarm
To press the snooze control on an alarm so it rings again after a short time.
Hear it in real life
Why were you late this morning?
I pressed snooze and fell asleep again.
I press snooze twice before I finally get out of bed.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: press ‸ the snooze ‸
Say: press snooze; press the snooze button
“Press snooze” is used without “the”; with a noun, say “press the snooze button.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
press snooze; press the snooze button; pressed snooze twice
Your turn: say it out loud
I press snooze twice before I finally get out of bed.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
press snooze
delay an alarm
“I press snooze twice before I finally get out of bed.”
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