as fast as one's legs could carry one in English

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        "(simile) At top speed (running on foot); as fast as possible."
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "pää kolmantena jalkana"
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          "word": "ile sił w nogach"
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"as fast as one's legs could carry one" meaning in English

Adverb