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PELT ALONG

Pronunciation (US):

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

1. step on it

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

• PELT 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 "pelt along" is one way to...):

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

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pelt 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

"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."
(English proverb)
"Someone else's pain is easy to carry"
(Breton proverb)
"Birds of a feather flock together."
(Arabic proverb)
"New brooms sweep clean"
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
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charge definition
What does tear mean?
scoot definition

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