snap up

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!

Examples of snap up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Williamses now hold the co-listing to Ardie Tavangarian’s $135 million Villa Siena and represented the mystery buyer who snapped up Joe Roth’s Beverly Hills midcentury modern for $21 million. — Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Now all of those spaces have been snapped up by dealers ready for the spotlight, hell-bent on competing in what’s now the most concentrated art-viewing hopscotch in Manhattan. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Most tickets are snapped up by the event’s sponsors, but Visit Sacramento reserves a few for the general public. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Nonetheless, his letter was snapped up and repeated by none other than Treasury Secretary Bessent. — Paddy Hirsch, NPR, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for snap up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup