make good time
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“You want to go fast to make good time but not so fast where you’re in big trouble. If you get arrested, that will surely screw up your time.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2016
In another day, they'll turn east, head for the sea, where if they make good time, they'll see the humpbacks heading south towards the Antarctic, their new calves in tow.
From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2010
So I headed off, confident that I would make good time before dark and that things are never as nasty up close as they seem from afar.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2010
“You’d make good time coming out of Sligo, normally,” Bill Knott said.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 25, 2010
“I will wait here for my band. We’ll force march most of the way, don’t worry. The Guerrilla Shrews won’t be far behind you. We’ll make good time in this cool night air.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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