| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To proceed with ease, especially of expression: flow, glide, roll. See MOVE. 2. To move through the air with or as if with wings: flap, flit, flitter, flutter, fly, wing. See MOVE. 3. To pass quickly and lightly through the air: dart, float, fly, shoot, skim. See MOVE. 4. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal : hotfoot, rip. Slang : barrel, highball. Chiefly British : nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See MOVE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | sail in To start work on vigorously: attack, go at, tackle, wade in or (into). Idioms: hop to it. See WORK. sail into To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on or (upon), go at, have at, storm, strike. Informal : light into, pitch into. See ATTACK.
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