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1 moving quickly : 
Slow down - you're driving too fast.
moving quickly
Slow down - you're driving too fast.2 happening in a short time : Kids grow up fast these days. The survivors needed help fast. How fast can you get the job done?
in a short time
Kids grow up fast these days.The survivors needed help fast.How fast can you get the job done?4 to become or be firmly fixed and unable to move : The boat was stuck fast in the mud. She tried to pull her hand free, but it was held fast.
be stuck/held fast
The boat was stuck fast in the mud.She tried to pull her hand free, but it was held fast.5 to not succeed in making progress or achieving something : I kept asking her the same question, but I was getting nowhere fast.
be getting/be going nowhere fast
informalI kept asking her the same question, but I was getting nowhere fast.6 used to tell someone not to be too eager to do or believe something : Not so fast. We've got to prove it first, haven't we?
not so fast
spokenNot so fast. We've got to prove it first, haven't we?➔ play fast and loose with somebody
at play1 (30); ➔ stand fast
at stand1 (25); ➔ thick and fast
at thick2 (2)WORD FOCUS: fastWORD FOCUS: fast moving very quickly: at high speed, like lightning, at top speed, flat out
doing something quickly: quick, rapid, swift, prompt, speedy
happening quickly: rapid, speedy, meteoric, at an alarming rate, in no time
