HyperDic: belt_along

English > 1 sense of the expression belt along:
VERBmotionbelt along, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, step on itmove fast
English > belt along: 1 sense > verb 1, motion
MeaningMove fast.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonymsrush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, step on it
Entailed bybustle, bustle about, hustleMove or cause to move energetically or busily
stampederun away in a stampede / stampede
Narrowerbarge, thrust ahead, push forwardPush one's way
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shootRun or move very quickly or hastily
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckMove quickly and violently
Broadertravel, go, move, locomotechange location
Oppositelinger, dawdleTake one's time
Spanishapresurarse, correr, darse prisa, lanzarse, precipitarse, precipitar
Catalanafanyar-se, apressar, cuitar, llençar-se, precipitar-se, precipitar

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