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lickety-split adverb [ ˌlɪkətɪˈsplɪt ]

• as fast as possible.
• "I took off lickety-split across the lawn"
Origin: early 19th century (in the phrase as fast as lickety ‘at full speed’): from a fanciful extension of lick + split (verb).

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