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shoot ahead

verb as in go ahead

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verb as in outdo

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Sir Harry then ordered the helm to be put hard a-port, which caused the ship to shoot ahead of the Inflexible.

The courses of the Constitution were now hauled on board, to shoot ahead, in order to repair her rigging, which was very much cut.

Sir Harry then ordered the helm to be put ‘hard a port,’ which caused the ship to shoot ahead of the Inflexible and clear of her.

While they were pulling in this manner, the boat would shoot ahead very rapidly.

Now and then he would mutter incoherently to himself and shoot ahead, keeping me almost on a run to maintain my place beside him.

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