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fast Ⅰ 1. adjective overly concerned with the affairs of others TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003.► as fast as lightning over Cubavery fast CAYMAN ISLANDS, 1985.► faster than the mill-tails of hellmoving very, very fast CANADA, 1999.► get fastin a criminal enterprise, to cheat a partner out of money or goods US, 1987.► so fast he's goin' like greased lightnin' thru a gooseberry bushused for indicating great speed. Note the alliteration -- goin', greased, gooseberry -- which is often characteristic of Nova Scotia slang CANADA, 1988 2. adverb in gambling, betting large amounts without fear of loss US, 1974 Ⅱ ⇨ fast stuff; fast; go-fast noun amphetamines, speed UK, 1996
idiomfastbe/come fast and furiousto be done quickly and with a lot of energy, or to happen quickly and in large amounts:Arsenal's opening attack was fast and furious, and they scored after only ten minutes.Carter finished his talk and sat down, but questions came fast and furious, and the meeting went on for another hour.
See:- (as) fast as lightning
- a fast one
- a fast talker
- a fast worker
- as fast as (one's) legs can carry (one)
- as fast as your legs can carry you
- at a clip
- at a fast, good, steady, etc. clip
- at a good clip
- Bad news travels fast
- be as (something) as all get-out
- be fast on the draw
- be fast/quick on the draw
- come thick and fast
- fade fast
- fancy footwork
- fast and furious
- fast and loose
- fast asleep
- fast buck
- fast footwork
- fast friends
- fast lane
- fast lane/track, in/on the
- fast one
- fast talk
- fast talker
- fast track
- fast-talk (someone) into (something)
- fast-talk (someone) out of (something)
- fast-talk into
- fast-talk out of
- fast-track
- feast or famine
- get (one's) tail (somewhere)
- get nowhere
- get nowhere fast
- get one’s tail somewhere fast!
- go nowhere (fast)
- hard and fast
- he travels fastest who travels alone
- hold fast
- hold fast to something
- in the fast lane
- life in the fast lane
- lightning fast
- make a fast buck
- make a fast/quick buck
- make fast work of (someone or something)
- make short work of
- no hard and fast rules
- not so fast
- on the fast track
- play fast and loose
- play fast and loose (with someone or something)
- play fast and loose with someone/something
- play fast and loose, to
- pull a fast one
- pull a fast one (on someone)
- pull a fast one, to
- quick buck
- sinking fast
- stand fast
- stand fast/firm
- stand one's ground
- stick fast
- the fast lane
- the fast track
- thick and fast
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