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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