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snapped it up

snapped it up is the simple past and past participle of snap it up.

Meaning of snap it up

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

Questions about snapped it up

What is snapped it up the simple past and past participle of?
Snapped it up is the simple past and past participle of snap it up.

Words near snapped it up in the dictionary

  1. snappable
  2. snapped
  3. snapped at someone's heels
  4. snapped back
  5. snapped in
  6. snapped it up
  7. snapped one's fingers
  8. snapped out of
  9. snapped someone's head off
  10. snapped to
  11. snapped to attention

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