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going nowhere fast

going nowhere fast is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about going nowhere fast

What is going nowhere fast the present participle and gerund of?
Going nowhere fast is the present participle and gerund of go nowhere fast.

Words near going nowhere fast in the dictionary

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

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