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go nowhere fast

idiom
Meaning

To fail to make any progress.


Examples
SIMPLE

This project is going nowhere fast.

CONTEXTUAL

We spent all afternoon arguing about the budget, but we are going nowhere fast.

COMPLEX

Despite his frantic efforts to resolve the crisis, he realized he was going nowhere fast and needed a completely new strategy.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

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

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    arse end of nowhere

    A very remote place.

  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

    come thick and fast

    To arrive rapidly in large groups.

  8. 08

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

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