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come thick and fast

come thick and fast verb: to arrive rapidly in large groups.

Verb

come thick and fast (third-person singular simple present comes thick and fast, present participle coming thick and fast, simple past came thick and fast, past participle come thick and fast)

  1. (idiomatic) To arrive rapidly in large groups.
    • England had never before come back to win from a margin of more than 12 points, and the errors continued to come thick and fast as Tom Croft became the latest to cough up the ball.2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France

Forms of come thick and fast

third-person singular presentcomes thick and fast
present participlecoming thick and fast
pastcame thick and fast
past participlecome thick and fast

Questions about come thick and fast

What does come thick and fast mean?
Come thick and fast means to arrive rapidly in large groups.
What part of speech is come thick and fast?
Come thick and fast is a verb.
What is the past tense of come thick and fast?
The past tense of come thick and fast is came thick and fast.

Words near come thick and fast in the dictionary

  1. come stà
  2. come the acid
  3. come the old acid
  4. come the old soldier
  5. come the raw prawn
  6. come thick and fast
  7. come through
  8. come to
  9. come to a boil
  10. come to a close
  11. come to a head

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