go two-forty
go two-forty
To move very quickly; to race. The phrase refers to a horse racing record of a mile completed in two minutes and 40 seconds. I need to start going two-forty through this paperwork if I want to have it done by the deadline.
See also: go
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- chalk and cheese
- Box and Cox
- come together
- battle of the giants
- a two-horse race
- after you, my dear Alphonse
- between two fires
- at each other's throats
- be at each other's throats
- (one, two, three) strikes against (someone or something)