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went at a good clip

went at a good clip is the simple past 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 went at a good clip

What is went at a good clip the simple past of?
Went at a good clip is the simple past of go at a good clip.

Words near went at a good clip in the dictionary

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

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