snap it up

English

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Verb

snap it up (third-person singular simple present snaps it up, present participle snapping it up, simple past and past participle snapped it up)

1. (chiefly US, idiomatic, dated) To hurry, to proceed quickly.
   • 1928 February 12, Quin R. Ryan, “Inside the Loud Speaker”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, page K10:

     "Come now, let's snap it up! Faster! Faster! Think fast! Let's go!"

   • 1935 June 30, "Congress Told to Snap It Up" [headline], Milwaukee Journal, p. 8 (retrieved 29 Aug. 2011):

     President hopes to Push Wealth Taxes Through in a Month.

   • 1952, Harold Robbins, A Stone for Danny Fisher, published 2007, →ISBN, page 107:

     A man behind the counter looks up and yells at me. "Snap it up, Danny. We got a flock of orders waiting."

   • 1975 September 2, Erma Bombeck, “Only a hostess knows true loneliness”, in Miami News, retrieved 29 Aug. 2011, page 1B:

     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."

Usage notes

• Often used in the imperative mood.

Synonyms

• get cracking, get moving, get on with it, hurry up, make it snappy

See also

• snap up