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| NOUN: | 1. A component of government that performs a given function: agency, arm, branch, department, division, organ. See PART. 2. A part added to a main structure: annex, arm, extension. See PART. | | VERB: | 1. To move through the air with or as if with wings: flap, flit, flitter, flutter, fly, sail. See MOVE. 2. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, 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, 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.
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