snag
noun
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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And that school will have snagged a good man to lead its basketball program.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 1, 2019