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go nowhere fast

go nowhere fast verb: to fail to make any progress.

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 go nowhere fast

third-person singular presentgoes nowhere fast
present participlegoing nowhere fast
pastwent nowhere fast
past participlegone nowhere fast
alternative formget nowhere fast

Questions about go nowhere fast

What does go nowhere fast mean?
Go nowhere fast means to fail to make any progress.
What part of speech is go nowhere fast?
Go nowhere fast is a verb.
What is the past tense of go nowhere fast?
The past tense of go nowhere fast is went nowhere fast.

Words near go nowhere fast in the dictionary

  1. go narrow
  2. go native
  3. go negative
  4. go night-night
  5. go nowhere
  6. go nowhere fast
  7. go nuclear
  8. go nuts
  9. go off
  10. go off at a tangent
  11. go off at half cock

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