"go nowhere fast" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go nowhere fast.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes nowhere fast [present, singular, third-person], going nowhere fast [participle, present], went nowhere fast [past], gone nowhere fast [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> nowhere fast}} go nowhere fast (third-person singular simple present goes nowhere fast, present participle going nowhere fast, simple past went nowhere fast, past participle gone nowhere fast)
  1. (idiomatic) To fail to make any progress. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: get nowhere fast Related terms: go nowhere
    Sense id: en-go_nowhere_fast-en-verb-REvzA3Hp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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