chop-chop
Example Sentences
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He does screenplays at the same chop-chop pace.
From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2018
In four or five chop-chop years, the mill town became “The Shingle Capital of the World,” and more often than not, it smelled like cedar.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2017
Finally, the moment nears "to do chop-chop," as M'sieur Pierre puts it childishly; and childishly, too, the prisoner seeks to save his last shred of self-respect as he mutters: "By myself, by myself."
From Time Magazine Archive
From the urgent chop-chop of a loudspeaker in a nearby village, Adams could tell that his landing had been spotted and that a search party was being organized.
From Time Magazine Archive
She saw his red tongue lolling, heard the chop-chop of his iron jaws and caught the wicked gleam of his eyes.
From The Blue Envelope by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)
