thick and fast

thick and fast
thick and fast
Frequently and in large numbers
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Main Entry: ↑thick

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thick and fast phrase
frequently and in large numbers or amounts

Applications have been coming in thick and fast.

Thesaurus: often and many timessynonym words used to describe large amounts and quantitiessynonym
Main entry: thick

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rapidly and in great numbers

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thick and ˈfast idiom
quickly and in large quantities

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Questions were coming at them thick and fast.

Main entry: ↑thickidiom

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