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mile a minute

mile a minute noun: a rate of sixty miles per hour.

Noun

mile a minute (plural miles a minute)

  1. A rate of sixty miles per hour.
    • But when we streaked through Doncaster at all but a mile-a-minute, with a miraculously clear road, in no more than 37 min. 18 sec. from the York start, I began to sit up and take notice.1949 November and December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 365
    • The new Waterloo-Exeter times of the S.R. flyer are 2hr 58min down and 1min more up, in less than 3hr, that is to say, in both directions, with the help of four runs timed at over a mile a minute.1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593

Phrase

mile a minute

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Very quickly.
    • He talks a mile a minute.

Forms of mile a minute

pluralmiles a minute
alternative formmile-a-minute

Words formed from mile a minute

Questions about mile a minute

What does mile a minute mean?
Mile a minute means a rate of sixty miles per hour.
What part of speech is mile a minute?
Mile a minute can be a noun or a phrase.
What is the plural of mile a minute?
The plural of mile a minute is miles a minute.

Words near mile a minute in the dictionary

  1. Mildred
  2. mildronate
  3. milds
  4. Mildura
  5. mile
  6. mile a minute
  7. Mile End
  8. Mile High City
  9. Mile High Club
  10. Mile Long Club
  11. mile marker

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