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make good time
Idioms and Phrases
Travel far in a short time, as in We made good time, getting to Vermont in only four hours . [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
âI will wait here for my band. Weâll force march most of the way, donât worry. The Guerrilla Shrews wonât be far behind you. Weâll make good time in this cool night air.â
The traffic is very calm and I make good time.
âYou make good time traveling at night,â came the reply.
The morning shimmers with fallen rain, but despite the mud on the road, we make good time.
In dry weather, most cars can manage the gravel loop known as Hellâs Backbone between the town of Boulder near the monumentâs northern border and Escalante, 30 miles to the south, but donât expect to make good time no matter what youâre driving.
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Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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