fast : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
  

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• now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another "Play fast and loose with faith." Shak.

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• (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and reëngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa.

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• adjective satellite sleeping deeply; he's sound asleep"
  sound asleep.
  
  • lying fast asleep on the sofa
  • it would be cruel to wake him

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• noun (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball
  

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• noun quick or easy earnings, "they are traders out to make a fast buck"
  quick buck.
  

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• close or near to; near at hand.

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• noun a day designated for fasting
  

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• a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God.

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• verb dye with fast colors
  
  • These shirts should be fast-dyed

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• noun inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly
  

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• noun a hectic and pressured lifestyle often characterized by recklessness or dissipation
  
  • life in fashion's fast lane has taught her a lot
• noun the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving rapidly
  

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• noun (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
  Tishah b'Ab; Tisha b'Av; Tishah b'Av; Fast of Ab; Tisha b'Ab; Ninth of Ab; Ninth of Av.
  

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• noun (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
  Tishah b'Ab; Tisha b'Av; Tishah b'Av; Fast of Ab; Tisha b'Ab; Ninth of Ab; Ninth of Av.
  

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• noun (Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people; the fast is connected with Purim
  

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• noun (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah
  

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• noun (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached
  

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• noun (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust
  

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• noun (Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males; it is observed on the day before Passover
  

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• noun a cunning or deceitful action or device
  trick.
  
  • he played a trick on me
  • he pulled a fast one and got away with it

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• noun nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used
  

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• noun (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one
  

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• noun a rapid means of achieving a goal
  
  • they saw independence as the fast track to democracy
  • he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder
  • the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped

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• adjective satellite occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession
  
  • the broadcast was interrupted by a fast-breaking news story about the invasion

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• adjective satellite moving swiftly
  flying.
  
  • fast-flying planes
  • played the difficult passage with flying fingers

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• adjective satellite having rapidly moving feet
  swift-footed.
  

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• adjective satellite tending to spread quickly
  aggressive; strong-growing.
  
  • an aggressive tumor

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Fast"-hand`ed adjective

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1. Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious. Obs. Bacon.

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• adjective satellite of communication that proceeds rapidly
  
  • a fast-paced talker
  • fast-paced fiction

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• a fast day; a day of fasting.

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• (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable.

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• adjective satellite (of rules) stringently enforced
  strict.
  
  • hard-and-fast rules

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• . (Naut.) See 5th Fast.

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• verb stick to firmly
  bind; stick to; adhere; stick; bond.
  
  • Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?

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• noun one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar
  

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• noun one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar
  

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• verb deceive somebody
  play tricks; flim-flam; play a joke on; fox; trick; play a trick on; fob.
  
  • We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week

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• verb refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
  stand firm; hold firm; stand pat.
  

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• (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy.

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• to partake of food after abstinence. See Breakfast.

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• to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast.

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• (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.

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• to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable.

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• an old mode of treatment for the venereal disease, by sweating in a close place, or tub, and fasting. Obs. Shak.

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• adverb in a relatively short time
  in no time.
  
  • she finished the assignment in no time

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