Thesaurus / like a shot
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synonyms for like a shot
- rapidly
- swiftly
- speedily
- quickly
- directly
- hastily
- instantly
- pronto
- fast
- flat-out
- lickety-split
- now
- on the double
- on time
- posthaste
- right away
- sharp
- straightaway
- expeditiously
- PDQ
- at once
- fleetly
- in nothing flat
- on the dot
- punctually
- unhesitatingly
- rapidly
- instantaneously
- swiftly
- speedily
- immediately
- promptly
- hastily
- instantly
- quick
- apace
- briskly
- flat-out
- in a flash
- lickety-split
- pronto
- swift
- expeditiously
- hurriedly
- chop-chop
- fleetly
- full tilt
- in haste
- in nothing flat
- in short order
- like a bat out of hell
- like a flash
- swiftly
- fast
- speedily
- immediately
- promptly
- briskly
- flat out
- hastily
- lickety-split
- posthaste
- expeditiously
- at speed
- full tilt
- hurriedly
- in a hurry
- in a rush
- in haste
- precipitately
- with dispatch
- rapidly
- swiftly
- soon
- quickly
- quick
- swift
- apace
- flat-out
- hastily
- in a flash
- posthaste
- presto
- promptly
- pronto
- chop-chop
- expeditiously
- fleetly
- full tilt
- hurriedly
- in haste
- in nothing flat
- in short order
- like a flash
- like greased lightning
- like wildfire
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There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONNow-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYA was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSDockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLMay looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSHe felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIAll that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSHis strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYThe wave-like movement of these animals is particularly graceful and cleverly done.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTThere was not a moment to lose, for one well-directed shot might exterminate half of us.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO LIKE A SHOT
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