thick and fast

Idioms  

1. Rapidly crowding, coming so fast they run together, as in The questions came at him thick and fast. This term originated in the second half of the 1500s as thick and threefold and was replaced by the current version about 1700. For a synonym, see fast and furious.

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Example Sentences

After that, the games will come thick and fast at a rate of four a day through the group stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Rose is making this change in the heart of the golf season when majors come thick and fast.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Reforms designed to revive the Caribbean country's moribund economy have been coming thick and fast.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Staying ahead of such absences helps make quick decisions when deadlines come thick and fast.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

The blight was spreading thick and fast; the greenery was withering, and trees fell as their roots died.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Related Words

• again and again
• generally
• intermittently
• many times
• often
• periodically
• regularly
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• usually