Idiom
come thick and fast
Meaning
To arrive rapidly in large groups.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The questions came thick and fast during the interview.”
“After the news broke, emails and phone calls from worried customers came thick and fast all afternoon.”
“As the storm intensified, the reports of damage came thick and fast, overwhelming the emergency services with requests for assistance.”
Examples
simple
“The questions came thick and fast during the interview.”
contextual
“After the news broke, emails and phone calls from worried customers came thick and fast all afternoon.”
complex
“As the storm intensified, the reports of damage came thick and fast, overwhelming the emergency services with requests for assistance.”
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