in a New York minute

in a New York minute

Right away; immediately; very quickly. A reference to the notion that things happen at a more rapid pace in New York City. I'd quit my job in a New York minute if I ever won the lottery. Phil's single again? Man, I'd go out with him in a New York minute—think you can set us up? Who wins an all-expenses-paid trip to the Bahamas and doesn't take it? If it were me, I'd be out of here in a New York minute!

See also: minute, new, York

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in a New York minute

and INYM

phr. & comp. abb. almost instantly. I’d do it INYM.

See also: minute, new, York

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