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Go great guns

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  1. 1
    To perform particularly well; to be particularly successful. idiomatic, intransitive

    "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.""

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, great guns. (To move or proceed very quickly or energetically.)

    "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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