snap it up

present singular third person snaps it up · participle present snapping it up · participle past snapped it up · past snapped it up

1. USdatedidiomaticTo hurry, to proceed quickly.

   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)

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   "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

   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

   Synonyms: get cracking, get moving, get on with it, hurry up, make it snappy