go great guns
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, great guns. (To move or proceed very quickly or energetically.)
Example Sentences
- "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."