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Large furniture shop's popular very quickly (4,1,4)

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I believe the answer is:

like a shot

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'very quickly' is the definition.
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'large furniture shop's popular' is the wordplay.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'furniture shop' becomes 'ikeas' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'popular' becomes 'hot' (similar in meaning).
'l'+'ikeas'+'hot'='LIKE A SHOT'

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(Other definitions for like a shot that I've seen before include "What tequila drinkers might do" , "enthusiastically?" , "Enjoy a wee dram" , "What spirit drinkers do" , "What serious drinkers do" .)

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