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the tooter the sweeter

the tooter the sweeter adverb: the sooner the better (it is better if something happens or is done soon).

Adverb

the tooter the sweeter (not comparable)

  1. the sooner the better (it is better if something happens or is done soon)

Origin of the tooter the sweeter

From toot sweet, a phonetic rendering of French tout de suite (“immediately”) into English-looking words, then jokingly treated as two English adverbs that can be used in comparative forms.

Questions about the tooter the sweeter

What does the tooter the sweeter mean?
The tooter the sweeter means the sooner the better (it is better if something happens or is done soon).
What part of speech is the tooter the sweeter?
The tooter the sweeter is an adverb.

Words near the tooter the sweeter in the dictionary

  1. the thing of it
  2. the Three Weeks
  3. the time has come
  4. the tits
  5. the tongue wounds more than a lance
  6. the tooter the sweeter
  7. the trash takes itself out
  8. the truth is in the wine
  9. the truth that
  10. the turns have tabled
  11. The Undercliff

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