at a clip
at a clip
1. In a particular interval or span of time. I don't feel like going out tonight because I've had to sit in lectures for five hours at a clip every day this week.
2. At a particular pace. In this usage, an adjective describing the pace is used between "a" and "clip." Since you're still a beginner, just see if you can get your horse to move at a steady clip.
See also: clip
at a fast clip
Quickly; at a fast pace. That horse is moving at a fast clip—I think he might win the race!
See also: clip, fast
at a good clip
Quickly; at a fast pace. That horse is moving at a good clip—I think he might win the race!
See also: clip, good
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*at a good clip
and *at a fast cliprapidly. (*Typically: go ~; move ~; run ~; travel ~.) We were moving along at a good clip when a state trooper stopped us.
See also: clip, good
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
at a clip
at a time; all at once. US informal 2000 Anthony Bourdain Kitchen Confidential I peeled 75 pounds of shrimp at a clip.
See also: clip
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
at a fast, good, steady, etc. ˈclip
(especially American English) quickly: Land prices will rise at a healthy clip.See also: clip
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- at a fast clip
- at a fast, good, steady, etc. clip
- at a good clip
- stanza
- spic
- spic and span
- spick and span
- go at a fast clip
- come in and sit a spell
- come in and sit down