make it snappy
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
We both had a sandwich, the man in the blue raincoat saying ‘ We'd better make it snappy’ between every bite.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “make it snappy” mean?
to hurry up or do something quickly Literally: make it crisp
Is “make it snappy” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.