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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]

Example Sentences

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Two brothers from New Zealand snapped up $65 million worth of lots in Malibu last year and said they planned to build on the lots.

From Los Angeles Times

Wall Street has snapped up properties, taking them off the market for potential buyers.

From Barron's

Wall Street has snapped up properties, taking them off the market for potential buyers.

From Barron's

Passengers on the other airlines’ canceled flights had already snapped up earlier options.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both “real money” investors who wrote down their old investments and distressed-debt funds that more recently snapped up bonds at low prices stand to be winners.

From The Wall Street Journal

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