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go at a good clip

go at a good clip verb: to go fast.

Verb

go at a good clip (third-person singular simple present goes at a good clip, present participle going at a good clip, simple past went at a good clip, past participle gone at a good clip)

  1. (idiomatic) To go fast
    • The driver told me that at five o'clock there was a direct bus for Lyon on the main road, three kilometers from there. So off we went at a good clip, our wooden soles clacking noisily down the pebbled road.1993, Lucie Aubrac, Outwitting the Gestapo
    • Without Da's slowing the pace, I was able to go at a good clip, stopping only to catch my breath every hour or so2015, Jane Yolen, Robert J. Harris, The Rogues

Forms of go at a good clip

third-person singular presentgoes at a good clip
present participlegoing at a good clip
pastwent at a good clip
past participlegone at a good clip

Questions about go at a good clip

What does go at a good clip mean?
Go at a good clip means to go fast.
What part of speech is go at a good clip?
Go at a good clip is a verb.
What is the past tense of go at a good clip?
The past tense of go at a good clip is went at a good clip.

Words near go at a good clip in the dictionary

  1. go around in circles
  2. go around the houses
  3. go around with
  4. go astray
  5. go at
  6. go at a good clip
  7. go at it
  8. go away
  9. go awry
  10. go back
  11. go back a long way

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