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In short order   /ɪn ʃɔrt ˈɔrdər/   Listen
In short order

adverb
1.
Without delay.






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"In short order" Quotes from Famous Books



... was all very well for Monsieur to spoil Vigo and let him speak his mind as became not his station, for Vigo never disobeyed him, but stood by him in all things. But I imagined that, were M. Etienne master, Vigo, for all his years of service, would be packed off the premises in short order. ...
— Helmet of Navarre • Bertha Runkle

... I attempt to advise such a capable little person? Well, in the first place, there are such things as leases; and in the second place, if your tenant should move out, the agent must find you another in short order, and you will live, meanwhile, on the reserve fund. But, joking aside, there is very little risk. It is going to be a great winter for Santa Barbara, and your house is attractive, convenient, and excellently ...
— Polly Oliver's Problem • Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

... in short order, and one of the Kinsley boys came by on a Saturday, and he says, says he: 'Jordan, ther school'll be open Monday mornin,' and the teacher'll be down for supper on Monday night.' 'Send him 'long,' says I. I thought he gin a queer kind o' a igiotic laugh, but he said, 'All right,' and rid ...
— The Wedge of Gold • C. C. Goodwin



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