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BELT ALONG

Pronunciation (US):

• BELT ALONG (verb)
The verb BELT ALONG has 1 sense:

1. step on it

Familiarity information: BELT ALONG used as a verb is very rare.

• BELT ALONG (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Step on it

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

belt along; rush along; rush; race; pelt along; hotfoot; hie; cannonball along; bucket along; speed; hasten

Context examples:

He rushed down the hall to receive his guests / The cars raced down the street

Hypernyms (to "belt along" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "belt along"):

barge; push forward; thrust ahead (push one's way)

buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)

dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
(English proverb)
"The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry."
(Native American proverb, Omaha)
"One day is for us, and the other is against us."
(Arabic proverb)
"Forbidden fruit is the sweetest."
(Czech proverb)

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