mile a minute



mile a minute

At a very rapid pace. Taylor was so excited to tell me about her first day at school that she was talking a mile a minute.
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*mile a minute

Fig. very fast. (*Typically: go ~; move ~; talk ~; travel ~.) She talks a mile a minute and is very hard to keep up with.
See also: mile, minute

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Margrete-Norwegian
Eileifr-Ancient Scandinavian
Corneillekor-NAYFrench (Archaic)
ÚRsulaOOR-soo-lə (Portuguese), OOR-soo-lah (Spanish)Portuguese, Spanish
Owen (1)O-ən (English)Welsh, English
Laird-English (Rare)