go great guns

go great guns
a) To perform particularly well; to be particularly successful.

The game between Hargate and Lord Dreever was still in progress when Jimmy returned to the billiard-room. . . . "Hargates been going great guns. I was eleven ahead a moment ago, but he made a break of twelve."

b) To move or proceed very quickly.

The film is bound to go great guns on video and fans of the early Travolta movies like Saturday Night Fever and Grease should be first in the queue.


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