go great guns
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The last game I went to see before lockdown was when they beat Everton in February - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Eddie Nketiah scored and they looked like they were going to go great guns.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2020
Weiner: Best-case scenario is that markets believe that economic prospects are good, and they continue to go great guns, as they have been in the past few months.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2018
Windows 8 is initially going to go great guns.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2011
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