snap it up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(US, dated, idiomatic) To hurry, to proceed quickly.
"Come now, let's snap it up! Faster! Faster! Think fast! Let's go!"
1928 February 12, Quin R. Ryan, “Inside the Loud Speaker”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, page K10:President hopes to Push Wealth Taxes Through in a Month.
1935 June 30, "Congress Told to Snap It Up" [headline], Milwaukee Journal, p. 8 (retrieved 29 Aug. 2011)A man behind the counter looks up and yells at me. "Snap it up, Danny. We got a flock of orders waiting."
1952, Harold Robbins, A Stone for Danny Fisher, published 2007, →ISBN, page 107:The guests have been smiling for two and half hours and are so bored they're discussing their dental appointments. . . and everyone is anxiously facing the kitchen. . . . I summon my best friend, Mayva, who says, "You'd better snap it up."
1975 September 2, Erma Bombeck, “Only a hostess knows true loneliness”, in Miami News, retrieved 29 Aug 2011, page 1B:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snapped it up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| snapped it up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| snaps it up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| snapping it up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
make it snappy · get on with it · get cracking · hurry up · get moving