lickety-split
adverb/ˌlɪkəti ˈsplɪt/
/ˌlɪkəti ˈsplɪt/
(North American English, old-fashioned, informal)- very quickly; immediatelyWord Originearly 19th cent. (in the phrase as fast as lickety ‘at full speed’): from a fanciful extension of lick + the verb split.
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