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snapping it up

snapping it up is the present participle and gerund 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 snapping it up

What is snapping it up the present participle and gerund of?
Snapping it up is the present participle and gerund of snap it up.

Words near snapping it up in the dictionary

  1. snapping back
  2. snapping beetle
  3. snapping beetles
  4. snapping hip syndrome
  5. snapping in
  6. snapping it up
  7. snapping one's fingers
  8. snapping out of
  9. snapping scapula syndrome
  10. snapping shrimp
  11. snapping shrimps

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