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snap up

British  

verb

  1. to avail oneself of eagerly and quickly

    she snapped up the bargains

  2. to interrupt abruptly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
snap up Idioms  

  1. 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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The S&P 500 gained 0.2% on Wednesday as investors snapped up tech stocks, which have been hammered in recent weeks due to worries about a spending spree by megacap tech companies.

From Barron's

With the market suddenly getting cold feet over artificial intelligence, investors have been snapping up shares of long-neglected staples stocks.

From Barron's

However, the Facebook founder—who is originally from New York—has long since expanded his property portfolio beyond the borders of the Golden State, snapping up homes in Washington, DC; Hawaii; and Lake Tahoe.

From MarketWatch

A venerable City of London institution is being snapped up by a U.S. asset manager in a nearly $14 billion deal that comes amid growing fears that AI will severely disrupt the finance sector.

From MarketWatch

A venerable City of London institution is being snapped up by a U.S. asset manager in a nearly $14 billion deal that comes amid growing fears that AI will severely disrupt the finance sector.

From MarketWatch

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