mile-a-minute
/ˌmʌɪləˈmɪnɪt/adjective
1Travelling at a rate of a mile a minute; (figurative ) extremely rapid.
2Designating any of several rapidly climbing plants, especially (usually in mile-a-minute vine or mile-a-minute plant) the Russian vine, Fallopia baldschuanica, or the kudzu vine, Pueraria thunbergiana.
noun
A rapidly growing climber; a mile-a-minute plant.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. From a mile a minute.
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