snap to it
Get going immediately!
Snap to it is a command meaning hurry up or get moving immediately.
It carries a tone of impatience or urgency, often used by someone in authority who wants quick action without further delay.
The sergeant barked at the recruits to snap to it.
The phrase evokes the crisp, quick motion suggested by snap—no dawdling, just immediate compliance.
- get crackingBegin working urgently
- quicklyAt high speed
- hurryMove with urgency
- double-timeAccelerated pace or premium pay
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
hustle · swift · prompt · expedite · chop-chop · on the double · immediately · move it · command · stat · get a move on · brisk · speed up · look alive · lively · hop to it · jump to it · hasten
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- commandsgo, stop, wait, come, run
- exasperationugh, sigh, groan, argh, geez
- Speed Expressionsin a flash, quick as a flash, in no time, lickety-split, lickety split
snap to ittake your time
Proceed without urgency
no rush · no hurry · slow down · at your leisure · all in good time
snap to itstand down
Withdraw from readiness
at ease · stop · hold your horses · wait · rest
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