going great guns

going great guns
working very well, going strong
  

We were going great guns till our goalie got hurt. Then they scored.


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  • (be) going great guns — be going great ˈguns idiom (informal) to be doing sth quickly and successfully • Work is going great guns now. Main entry: ↑greatidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • be going great guns — to be doing something very successfully and quickly. I know he had a little difficulty at the start of the course but he s going great guns now …   New idioms dictionary

  • great guns — If something or someone is going great guns, they are doing very well …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • great guns — great′ guns′ adv. inf Informal. extremely well; very successfully: The business is going great guns[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • great\ guns — I. interj. informal See: great Godfrey or great Scott II. adv. phr. informal 1. Very fast or very hard. Usually used in the phrases blow great guns , go great guns . The wind was blowing great guns, and big waves beat the shore. The men were… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • great guns — {adv. phr.}, {informal} 1. Very fast or very hard. Usually used in the phrases blow great guns , go great guns . * /The wind was blowing great guns, and big waves beat the shore./ * /The men were going great guns to finish the job./ Compare: FAST …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • great guns — {adv. phr.}, {informal} 1. Very fast or very hard. Usually used in the phrases blow great guns , go great guns . * /The wind was blowing great guns, and big waves beat the shore./ * /The men were going great guns to finish the job./ Compare: FAST …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • great guns — adverb : with unremitting vigor or energy reaching the age of 78 … and still going great guns New York Times also : eminently successfully an enterprise that began slowly but after a while began to go great guns often used interjectionally to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • great guns — 1. Informal. in a relentlessly energetic or successful manner: The new president has the company going great guns. 2. (used as an expression of surprise, astonishment, etc.). [1870 75] * * * …   Universalium

  • great guns —    If something or someone is going great guns, they are doing very well.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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