in short order

Idioms  

1. Quickly, without delay, as in The children got ready in short order to go to the mall. [First half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

This can be corrected in short order by defending the dollar and inviting huge new investment into U.S. financial markets, including Treasurys.

From The Wall Street Journal

“She gives you a hug and in short order,” Bates said, “you are talking on a really deep topic.”

From Los Angeles Times

The brain of a self-driving car is constantly updated and refined; it will learn to coordinate seamlessly with other drivers, human and AI, in short order.

From The Wall Street Journal

So the idea that companies are all going to double their sales, doubling real GDP per capita, in short order, is a nonstarter.

From MarketWatch

Here comes CBS, like an old-school TV network — which, it is, after all — premiering its new and returning shows in short order like a real fall season.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• expeditiously
• hastily
• hurriedly
• immediately
• instantaneously
• instantly
• promptly
• rapidly
• speedily
• swiftly