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mile-a-minute
noun 5adj 1adv 1
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4ADJ.
last-second
VERB + MILE-A-MINUTE
game, talking
MILE-A-MINUTE + NOUN
g
PREP.
about, in
Definitions
noun
1
Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
2
Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
3
Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
4
Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
5
Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
adj
1
At the rate of one mile per minute; sixty miles per hour.
Mr. Baird adds that this is not the first post-war example of a mile-a-minute timing in G.S.W.R. territory.
adv
1
Very fast.
He was all excited after the game, talking a mile-a-minute about the last-second shot.
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Mr. Baird adds that this is not the first post-war example of a mile-a-minute timing in G.S.W.R. territory.
Wiktionary02
He was all excited after the game, talking a mile-a-minute about the last-second shot.
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