📚 verb • entry_id 48614
snap up
Meanings (ES + gloss)
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To buy or acquire quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.
I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping.
Spanish businesses have spent nearly $60 billion snapping up British firms, culminating in the recent purchase of Scottish Power by Iberdrola, a Spanish utility.
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