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P.D.Q.

or PDQ

Informal.

immediately; at once: You'd better get started P.D.Q.

RELATED WORDS

rapid, agile, brisk, nimble, hot, quick, swift, careless, hurried, impulsive, urgent, sudden, abrupt, ill-advised, expeditious, reckless, instantaneously, immediately, directly, today

Origin of P.D.Q.

1870–75; p(retty) d(amn) q(uick)
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British Dictionary definitions for pdq

pdq

/ slang /

abbreviation for

pretty damn quick
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Word Origin and History for pdq

P.D.Q.

also pdq, initialism for pretty damn quick, attested from 1875.

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