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SNAP UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get hold of or seize quickly and easily

Example:

I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale

Synonyms:

grab; snaffle; snap up

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "snap up" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snap up"):

hog (take greedily; take more than one's share)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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