in short order

Speech parts

1. in short order - Adverb

2. in short order - Phrase

Meaning

with speed

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Synonyms

quickly rapidly speedily apace soon immediately FAST shortly scarce instantly promptly swiftly pronto hastily instantaneously
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Antonyms

later gradually slowly deliberately leisurely tardily
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Examples

Time travel destabilizes history. History is a child of contingency; so many events depend on critical misunderstandings or transient encounters that even the apocryphal butterfly's wing is apt to stir up a storm in short order. Charles Stross

he works quickly Source: Internet

John got ready in short order Source: Internet

After finishing all 60 episodes in short order, I still find myself returning to the series often, its jeweled colors and insistence on platonic friendship as a balm to everything, a comforting escape from the news. Source: Internet

A major point of concern for the Massachusetts Republican, however, was transportation of the goods -- a problem solved in short order with a phone call to longtime friend and Patriots organization president Jonathan Kraft. Source: Internet

Assuming the U.S. air campaign did not end in short order, the North would almost certainly start wrapping potential targets with civilians. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

in short order

Close letter words and terms

in shit in shock in short in short pants in short succession in short supply