- go nowhere fast
- go nowhere (fast)
to not progress.
This debate is going nowhere — we're no closer to a solution than we were when it started.
Chloe's job at the health department was going nowhere fast.
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Nowhere Fast — This article is about the song by Fire Inc.. For the song by The Smiths with the same name, see Meat Is Murder. Nowhere Fast Single by Fire Inc. from the album Streets of Fire Released 1984 … Wikipedia
get nowhere fast — in. to make very poor progress. □ We are getting nowhere fast around here. □ I’m getting nowhere fast in this job. I quit … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
go nowhere fast — be unable to advance, be stuck where you are Without a diploma, you ll be going nowhere fast … English idioms
going/getting nowhere fast — informal ◇ To be going/getting nowhere fast is to be failing to make progress or to produce a desired result. The plan for a new stadium is going nowhere fast. • • • Main Entry: ↑fast … Useful english dictionary
be getting nowhere fast — be getting/going/nowhere fast informal phrase to be making very little progress Critics say that the reforms are going nowhere fast. Thesaurus: to not make progresssynonym … Useful english dictionary
be going nowhere fast — be getting/going/nowhere fast informal phrase to be making very little progress Critics say that the reforms are going nowhere fast. Thesaurus: to not make progresssynonym … Useful english dictionary
get nowhere fast — Vrb phrs. To not progress at all, despite one s efforts … English slang and colloquialisms
nowhere — [[t]no͟ʊ(h)weə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADV INDEF NEG: ADV with be, ADV after v, oft ADV cl/group (emphasis) You use nowhere to emphasize that a place has more of a particular quality than any other places, or that it is the only place where something… … English dictionary
fast — fast1 W3S2 [fa:st US fæst] adv ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(moving quickly)¦ 2¦(in a short time)¦ 3 fast asleep 4 be stuck/held fast 5 be getting/be going nowhere fast 6 not so fast 7 fast by something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(MOVING QUICKLY)¦ moving quickly … Dictionary of contemporary English
nowhere — adverb 1 also no place AmE informal not in any place or to any place: I have no job and nowhere to live. | nowhere else (=no other place): You ve got to help me. I ve nowhere else to go. 2 get nowhere to have no success or make no progress: It s… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
