lickety-split
Example Sentences
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My electric car’s key decided not to be detected, but he knew exactly what to do to make it work and lickety split I was no longer holding up the huge line to get off.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2022
Just before the conclusion of the formalities, Austin is back working the fence line to move us, lickety split, to the holding pen outside the Oval Office.
From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2019
Say you're a moisture farmer from Anchor Head, Mos Eisley, or some other wretched hive of scum and villainy, and you need to get to Alderaan lickety split.
From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2015
The grenadiers went out lickety split this mornin’ and folks says they’ve got Washington surrounded, an’ll have him captured by night.
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
Somethin' fell in the shrubbery; then came the whistle, the Mexicans shot, away we went, lickety split, an' now we're here.
From The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
