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

"Then I guess that we've got to jump on our horses and ride lickety split down the valley to give warnin' to General Jackson," he said.

From The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

I jes' drap my ax right dar, an' me and dat houn' dog tore out for home lickety split.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration