"come thick and fast" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come thick and fast.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes thick and fast [present, singular, third-person], coming thick and fast [participle, present], came thick and fast [past], come thick and fast [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> thick and fast}} come thick and fast (third-person singular simple present comes thick and fast, present participle coming thick and fast, simple past came thick and fast, past participle come thick and fast)
  1. (idiomatic) To arrive rapidly in large groups. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-come_thick_and_fast-en-verb-NF79qPdP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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