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went nowhere fast

went nowhere fast is the simple past 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 went nowhere fast

What is went nowhere fast the simple past of?
Went nowhere fast is the simple past of go nowhere fast.

Words near went nowhere fast in the dictionary

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

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