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

Two weeks after befuddling football fans from Duluth to Daytona Beach, Texas PAC engineered an even more straightforward placement by snapping up a unit in NBC’s Sunday Night Football. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Conversely, those snapping up the CPO timepieces are happy to shell out extra for a watchmaker’s guarantee and servicing. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026

Volo has attracted private-equity investors and gone on a buying spree to snap up smaller competitors in recent years. — Alex Harring,brandon Gomez, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

Those philanthropists will probably snap up the FSTC’s dollar-for-dollar $1,700 credit no matter what, but the money will leave Connecticut unless Lamont opts in. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for snap up

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