chop-chop

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adverb
  1. with haste; quickly.

Origin of chop-chop

1
1825–35; repetitive compound based on Chinese Pidgin English chop quick, of uncertain origin

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British Dictionary definitions for chop chop

chop chop

adverb
  1. pidgin English for quickly: See quickly

Origin of chop chop

1
C19: from Chinese dialect; related to Cantonese kap kap

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