You snooze, you lose

Meaning: If you are slow to act, someone else will take the chance.

Example: “The last two tickets went in a minute: you snooze, you lose.”

Origin: A rhyming American saying from the late 20th century; "snooze" for a short sleep is 19th-century slang.

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