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!

Examples of snap up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Nasdaq Composite was trading 0.9% higher as investors snapped up some technology stocks that have seen the brunt of the selling the last three weeks. —Lisa Kailai Han,sean Conlon, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025

Tickets for Glastonbury 2025 went on sale in November and were snapped up by punters in under an hour following the introduction of a new online queuing system. —Sophie Williams, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025

Join the 7,000+ shoppers who have snapped up these clever Ticonn Totes in the past month, and snag this deal before it’s gone. —Maggie Horton, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025

That four-acre spread was snapped up by casino tycoon Steve Wynn, but a nearby residence hoisted onto the market as a turnkey opportunity at $45 million affords equally breathtaking vistas of Aspen Mountain and Independence Pass for less than half the cost. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for snap up

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