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go great guns

idiom
Meaning

To perform particularly well; to be particularly successful.


Examples
SIMPLE

The new business is going great guns this year.

CONTEXTUAL

After a slow start, the project is going great guns and we expect to finish early.

COMPLEX

Despite the initial skepticism from the board, the marketing campaign is going great guns, significantly exceeding all of our quarterly performance targets.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a great deal

    Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.

  2. 02

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  3. 03

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  4. 04

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  5. 05

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  6. 06

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  7. 07

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  8. 08

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

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