snap up
to avail oneself of eagerly and quickly: she snapped up the bargains
to interrupt abruptly
Words Nearby snap up
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How to use snap up in a sentence
For days, the ruble has been falling and salaries shrinking; shoppers have rushed to snap up TV sets and washing machines.
After His Disastrous Annual Press Conference, Putin Needs A Hug | Anna Nemtsova | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnyone out there who has any sense at all would just snap up one of her new $73 snake-skin numbers right quick!
Merely as a suggestion, I would say that the Antiquarian Society would snap up many of the things.
The Medici Boots | Pearl Norton SwetA toad has been observed to snap up one hundred and twenty-eight flies in half an hour.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterWhen he judged himself near enough he would make a little run and try to snap up his victim.
I did not go till the following week, when I found that no one had attempted to snap up the Conwell place.
A Pair of Patient Lovers | William Dean HowellsShe never goes out except to snap up some game passing within her hunting-domains, near the burrow.
The Life of the Spider | J. Henri Fabre
Other Idioms and Phrases with snap up
Snatch for one's own use, as in As soon as they lower the price we intend to snap up the house; it's exactly what we want. [Mid-1500s]
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