PDQ

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PDQ

adverb pdq

abbreviation, colloquial, initialism, not comparable Initialism of pretty damned/darn quick: very quickly, as quickly as possible. Well, whatever happened, Joe must be taken off the Noakes case p.d.q.
Similar: toot sweet

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@misc{pdq_2026,
  title = {PDQ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pdq},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}