snap it up | Idiomator

Meaning: (chieflyUS,idiomatic,dated)Tohurry, to proceedquickly.1928February 12, Quin R. Ryan, “Inside the Loud Speaker”, inChicago Daily Tribune, pageK10:"Come now, let'ssnap it up! Faster! Faster! Think fast! Let's go!"1935June 30, "Congress Told toSnap It Up" [headline],Milwaukee Journal, p. 8(retrieved 29 Aug. 2011):President hopes to Push Wealth Taxes Through in a Month.1952,Harold Robbins,A Stone for Danny Fisher, published2007,→ISBN,page107:A man behind the counter looks up and yells at me. "Snap it up, Danny. We got a flock of orders waiting."1975September 2,Erma Bombeck, “Only a hostess knows true loneliness”, inMiami News, retrieved 29 Aug. 2011, page 1B:The guests have been smiling for two and half hours and are so bored they're discussing their dental appointments. . . and everyone is anxiously facing the kitchen. . . . I summon my best friend, Mayva, who says, "You'd bettersnap it up."

Examples:

EN: You'd better snap it up because we land in twenty minutes.
ES: Será mejor que se dé prisa porque aterrizamos en 20 minutos.
EN: Come on, snap it up. Snap it up.
ES: Vamos, rápido.
EN: Come on, snap it up. Snap it up, boys. Hurry up.
ES: Deprisa, a sus puestos.
EN: Better snap it up. I don't think she's staying long.
ES: Dése prisa, no creo que espere demasiado.
EN: All right, boys, snap it up.
ES: Apúrense.
EN: Come on, snap it up.
ES: ¡Vamos, dense prisa!
EN: Come on, snap it up, you guys.
ES: Vamos, deprisa, chicos.
EN: If it's a bargain, you can be sure she'll snap it up immediately.
ES: Si es un chollo, estate seguro de que no lo dejará escapar.
EN: All right, snap it up.
ES: Está bien, hazlo.
EN: Come on... snap it up!
ES: ¡Venga, en fila!
EN: And snap it up.
ES: Y rápido.
EN: Would you snap it up and get me the merchant's lunch?
ES: ¿Quieres ir y traerme el menú de comercio?
EN: All right, snap it up, folks, before they change their minds again. [Laughs]
ES: De acuerdo, dese prisa, antes de que cambien de opinión otra vez.
EN: OK, snap it up.
ES: Venga, vete a por ella.
EN: Come on, Joe, snap it up. We got papers...
ES: - Date prisa hay que hacer el informe.

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