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lickety-split
[ lik-i-tee-split ]
lickety-split
/ ˈlɪkɪtɪˈsplɪt /
adverb
- informal.very quickly; speedily
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Origin of lickety-split1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lickety-split1
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Example Sentences
Plenty of POTUS and first-lady aspirants failed to bounce back lickety-split.
Why, when I saw you boys going lickety-split along the track, I was ready to curl up and quit.
He drives helter-skelter, lickety-split, and never takes care of his car at all.
They must have seed the carriage drivin' away, and thought for sure it had the gal in it, and they was after it, lickety-split.
Well, he got her out and started lickety-split up the main line, running wild and without orders.
I like them to go lickety split better than lickety cut, don't you?
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