transitive. To finish or dispose of (something) rapidly; to kill (a person) quickly. Obsolete.

To perform quickly; to ‘get out of hand’, dispatch, accomplish.

To dispose or rid oneself promptly of (a piece of business, etc.); to get done, get through, accomplish, settle, finish off, conclude, execute…

To effect or do as with a jump. Obsolete.

to make wash-work with: apparently ‘to make short work of’. Cf. the phrase under wash-way, n. 1b, of which this appears to be an altered form.

transitive. Of a musician, a musical instrument, etc.: to play, produce (music) in a rapid, lively, effortless, or perfunctory manner. Frequently…

To dispatch, dispose of, put out of hand, accomplish; to complete or do hastily; spec. to write, paint, etc., in a hurried and perfunctory fashion…

Originally U.S. regional. transitive. To acquire or gather, typically as a result of searching or employing effort or initiative, and in response…

In extended use. transitive. To accomplish or complete (something) swiftly or without hesitation or effort.

colloquial. transitive. To cause (something) to move quickly; to produce or deliver rapidly. Usually with adverb (esp. out) or prepositional phrase…

transitive. To produce or carry out rapidly or hastily; to bring out or push through in an unusually rapid or hurried manner. Frequently with out, th…

transitive. figurative. To move (someone or something) quickly forward to a later point in time; to speed up (a process), as though on a video. Also…