"at a clip" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at a clip, {{en-PP}} at a clip
  1. (informal) Moving or occurring very quickly or rapidly. Tags: informal Synonyms: at a fast clip
    Sense id: en-at_a_clip-en-prep_phrase-FWLYulwA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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