10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO GREAT GUNS»
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go great guns in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
go great guns and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
1 [19C+] an important, powerful, influential person, usu. a man. 2 |mid-19C] a
successful enterprise. 3 [1910s-20s] a cheerful rogue. great guns adv. [19C+]
energetically, successfully, violently, loudly; esp. in phr. go great guns v. and, in
ref. to ...
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Start Up!: How to start a successful business from ...
You go great guns don't you — you go Great Guns Marketing?' My company has
been going great guns ever since, so the name 'Great Guns Marketing' is very
appropriate. It describes what we do for our customers as we help them get their
...
Liz Jackson, Michael Spain, 2010
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Pocket Posh Crosswords 3: 75 Puzzles
17 Go great guns! 19 You'll get credit for it 20 Before, of yore 21 Type of child 22
A prayer 24 Saratoga Springs, e.g. 26 Kaffiyeh wearer 27 Go great guns! 33
Doesn't just sniffle 36 Fiery fits 37 Steak partner 38 Some spread it on thick 39 ...
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
—Forbes (11/15/2011) Go great guns means advance quickly and successfully.
The origin is unknown. The earliest examples I have found are in English dog-
racing reports from the 1860's, in which successful greyhounds were said to be ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... give it the gun accelerate powerfully in a car. informal go down with (all) guns
firing: see GO. go great guns perform forcefully, vigorously, or successfully.
informal 1913 Field A moment later Louvois shot out, passed Sanquhar and Fairy
King, ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
a big gun:seea big cheeseatBIG. blow great guns be very windy. informal go
down with (all) guns firing:seeGO. go great guns perform forcefully, vigorously, or
successfully. informal 1913Field A moment later Louvois shot out, passed ...
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
... everybody's going to be gunning for us. origin: based on the literal meaning of
gunning for someone (= to try to find someone so you can shoot them) guns go
great guns to be very successful ♢ I'm not worried about our company's future -
we ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
This colloquial expression usually occurs in the phrase go great guns, as in They'
re going great guns with those drawings. The expression comes from British
naval slang of the late 1700s, when blowing great guns meant a violent gale.
... organization etc: The manager appears to run his branch himself, but all the
important decisions are made by the big guns at the head office in London. go
great guns (inf) to be doing well; to be moving steadily towards one's goal: The
blue ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... organization etc: The manager appears to run his branch himself, but all the
important decisions art made by the big guns at the head office in London. go
great guns (in/) to be doing well; to be moving steadily towards one's goal: The
blue ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO GREAT GUNS»
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Bowls: Parkside aim to maintain EBL title push
Queensberry continue to go great guns with last week's 8-1 win away at Leith pushing them into third place and tonight's home match against ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Jul 15»
Grafton girls go great guns at NSW Netball championships
FINAL STRETCH: Grafton wing attack Darcee Osbourne (right) playing in the recent Lower Clarence representative netball carnival against ... «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jun 15»
The Shortlist Top Gigs
The eclectic British singer and sometimes actor has seen her third album A Perfect Contradiction go great guns over the past 12 months. «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
Four days of waiting and a funeral
Indra hopes that Nepal's government will finally go great guns on preparing everyone to cope with earthquakes. He says: "Nepal has long been ... «The Straits Times, Apr 15»
What poor GDP? USDJPY back up where we began
So far April hasn't lit the world on fire and it's going to have to go great guns to pull these numbers around, early estimate or not. USDJPY H4. «ForexLive, Apr 15»
UFC: Luke Rockhold more than worthy as title challenger to Chris …
Here's another one who could go great guns in 2015. The strawweight fights with a smile, looks insanely cute, at 21 has a Reebok deal, and in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Arsenal shirt set to go great guns in a charity raffle for March soccer …
Arsenal shirt set to go great guns in a charity raffle for March soccer school. 11:58 26 March 2015. Kath Sansom. Arsenal shirt being raffled for March soccer ... «Cambs Times, Mar 15»
Students who are still learning English fuel Philly opt-out movement
... Core Curriculum demands kick in for students with serious cognitive deficits, the mass exodus out of Special Ed will REALLY go great guns. «Philadelphia Public School Notebook, Mar 15»
Millennial Scientists Face Gutted Funding for Research
But we also identify areas which are ripe for exploration, where something is really starting to go great guns and we don't want to slow that down; in fact, we want ... «Big Think, Mar 15»
Gayle blows West Indies back on course
Gayle had grown tired of the grind and was ready to go great guns. But he did not take shots in the dark. He aimed his firepower between the ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Feb 15»
