make short shrift of sth
to deal with or get rid of something quickly:
Williams made short shrift of her opponent, letting her win only two games in the match.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hurrying and doing things quickly
- accelerate
- acceleration
- against the clock idiom
- against time/the clock idiom
- alacrity
- dose
- grease
- haste
- hasten
- hasty
- hit/press/push the panic button idiom
- patch
- rush
- rush into sth
- rush job
- rushed
- scrabble
- sharpish
- snap
- throw
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