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Idiom

clip it

Meaning

To move swiftly.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“We need to clip it if we want to catch the bus.”

“The storm is moving in fast, so we should clip it and get back to the car.”

“Realizing they were already late for the performance, the group decided to clip it across the park to reach the theater before the doors closed.”

Examples

simple

“We need to clip it if we want to catch the bus.”

contextual

“The storm is moving in fast, so we should clip it and get back to the car.”

complex

“Realizing they were already late for the performance, the group decided to clip it across the park to reach the theater before the doors closed.”

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