make it snappy
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There’s plenty more to investigate and uncover about the way crocs move, and I can only hope that scientists make it snappy.
From Scientific American • Dec. 28, 2019
My feeling was, “You go, Granny, and better make it snappy, because the way you drive, you don’t have long. My suggestion for living it up: Hire a driver.”
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2018
Confess and apologize, I told her — and make it snappy.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2011
I had to make it snappy, however, since the system gives me only 7 sec. before it takes the modem off line.
From Time Magazine Archive
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So Jimmie subsided, and let them talk their own talk—imploring one another to "have a heart", or to "get wise", or to "make it snappy", or to "cut out the rough stuff".
From Jimmie Higgins by Sinclair, Upton
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