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going at a good clip

going at a good clip is the present participle and gerund of go at a good clip.

Meaning of go at a good clip

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

Questions about going at a good clip

What is going at a good clip the present participle and gerund of?
Going at a good clip is the present participle and gerund of go at a good clip.

Words near going at a good clip in the dictionary

  1. going around in circles
  2. going around the houses
  3. going around with
  4. going astray
  5. going at
  6. going at a good clip
  7. going at it
  8. going away
  9. going away dress
  10. going away dresses
  11. going awry

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