snap up
Britishverb
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to avail oneself of eagerly and quickly
she snapped up the bargains
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to interrupt abruptly
Example Sentences
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Kyiv’s European allies are snapping up its military know-how as they seek to build up their own defenses.
Instead, the home was snapped up by an unnamed buyer, who closed on the home for $5.5 million on Jan. 15, 2025, according to records.
From MarketWatch
IonQ has been on an acquisition spree, snapping up companies specializing in atomic clocks to quantum sensors and, most recently, semiconductors.
From Barron's
In the cobblestoned streets of Lisbon, so many Americans are snapping up apartments that the newest arrivals complain they mostly hear their own language—not Portuguese.
Aphaneramma was similar in overall size but had a long, narrow snout suited for snapping up small fish.
From Science Daily
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