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get nowhere fast

get nowhere fast is the alternative form of go nowhere fast.

Meaning of go nowhere fast

Verb

go nowhere fast (third-person singular simple present goes nowhere fast, present participle going nowhere fast, simple past went nowhere fast, past participle gone nowhere fast)

  1. (idiomatic) To fail to make any progress.

Forms of get nowhere fast

third-person singular presentgets nowhere fast
present participlegetting nowhere fast
pastgot nowhere fast
past participlegotten nowhere fast
past participlegot nowhere fast

Questions about get nowhere fast

What is get nowhere fast the alternative form of?
Get nowhere fast is the alternative form of go nowhere fast.

Words near get nowhere fast in the dictionary

  1. get Mario Karted
  2. get married
  3. get medieval
  4. get misty
  5. get moving
  6. get nowhere fast
  7. get off
  8. get off at Haymarket
  9. get off at Redfern
  10. get off lightly
  11. get off my lawn

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