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in quick sticks

in quick sticks prepositional phrase: in a hurry; rapidly.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial) In a hurry; rapidly.
    • […] he got us there in quick sticks. We threw some dollars at him and he drove away.2012, Eric Jackson, Petrol In My Blood, page 171

Questions about in quick sticks

What does in quick sticks mean?
In quick sticks means in a hurry; rapidly.
What part of speech is in quick sticks?
In quick sticks is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in quick sticks in the dictionary

  1. in pup
  2. in puris naturalibus
  3. in pursuit
  4. in quantity
  5. in question
  6. in quick sticks
  7. in quick succession
  8. in rag order
  9. in rags
  10. in rare form
  11. in re

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