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make good time

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make good time

to proceed at a fast or reasonable rate. On our trip to Toledo, we made good time. I'm making good time, but I have a long way to go.

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make good time

Travel far in a short time, as in We made good time, getting to Vermont in only four hours. [Late 1800s]

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