go great guns
old-fashioned informalto go fast or successfully:
For the first 400 metres he was going great guns, but then he fell and that lost him the race.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- glide
- gun
- leg
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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Making progress and advancing