snap up
phrasal verb
snapped up; snapping up; snaps up
: to buy or take (something or someone) quickly or eagerly
Shoppers came to the store to snap up bargains after the holidays.
The company is hiring. When they see your work history, they'll snap you up!
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Some savvy shoppers are even snapping up tiny homes to convert to income-generating AirBnB rentals.
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Central banks around the world are snapping up gold at an unprecedented pace, a clear sign that major institutions see it as a store of value amid economic turbulence.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Shoppers rushed to snap up everything from candies to tea sachets, spending nearly 6 million yuan ($826,000) on Russian goods within three days, according to Chinese media reports at the time.
—Marc Stewart, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Cash-rich people jumped in Cash buyers, many of them investors, snapped up homes at record speeds during the pandemic.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Central banks around the world are snapping up gold at an unprecedented pace, a clear sign that major institutions see it as a store of value amid economic turbulence.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Shoppers rushed to snap up everything from candies to tea sachets, spending nearly 6 million yuan ($826,000) on Russian goods within three days, according to Chinese media reports at the time.
—Marc Stewart, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Cash-rich people jumped in Cash buyers, many of them investors, snapped up homes at record speeds during the pandemic.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snap up
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“Snap up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snap%20up. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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