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makes good time

makes good time is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make good time.

Meaning of make good time

Verb

make good time (third-person singular simple present makes good time, present participle making good time, simple past and past participle made good time)

  1. To proceed at a good pace.
    • From Belgrade the train is hauled by a 2-10-0, and makes good time through undulating country, with vineyards and herds of woolly pigs, over single line to Nish, where the Sofia and Istanbul portion, including through coaches (until recently) from Prague to Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is...1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731
  2. To arrive in good time.
  3. To use one's time efficiently.

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What is makes good time the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes good time is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make good time.

Words near makes good time in the dictionary

  1. makes game of
  2. makes garden
  3. makes good
  4. makes good on
  5. makes good one's running
  6. makes good time
  7. makes ground
  8. makes happen
  9. makes hard work of
  10. makes haste
  11. makes haste slowly

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