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gone at a good clip

gone at a good clip is the past participle 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 gone at a good clip

What is gone at a good clip the past participle of?
Gone at a good clip is the past participle of go at a good clip.

Words near gone at a good clip in the dictionary

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

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