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| VERB: | 1. To pass quickly and lightly through the air: float, fly, sail, shoot, skim. See MOVE. 2. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal : hotfoot, rip. Slang : barrel, highball. Chiefly British : nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See MOVE. 3. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy2, sling, throw, toss. Informal : fire. See MOVE.
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