Meaning of go great guns | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To perform particularly well; to be particularly successful.
   idiomatic, intransitive
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, great guns. (To move or proceed very quickly or energetically.)

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Examples

“The game between Hargate and Lord Dreever was still in progress⟳ when Jimmy returned to the billiard-room. . . . "Hargate's been going great guns. I was eleven ahead a moment ago, but he made a break⟳ of twelve."”

“I gave him my putter earlier this year in Oklahoma City. He was having trouble⟳ on the greens and I said, ‘Here, try⟳ this.’ He did, and he’s been going great guns ever since.”

“The film is bound to go great guns on video and fans of the early Travolta movies like⟳ Saturday Night Fever and Grease should be first in the queue.”

“Sam Fuller and the crew of New York Clipper continue⟳ to go great guns and retain⟳ a comfortable lead⟳ as they approach⟳ the south eastern tip⟳ of Cuba.”

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