at a rate of knots
1at a rate of knots — (informal) Very fast • • • Main Entry: ↑knot * * * at a rate of knots british informal phrase very quickly We’re progressing at a great rate of knots at the moment. Thesaurus: quickly …
2at a rate of knots — British & Australian if someone does something at a rate of knots, they do it very quickly. She did her homework at a rate of knots so that she could go out with her friends …
3at a rate of knots — British informal very quickly We re progressing at a great rate of knots at the moment …
4at a rate of knots — ► at a rate of knots Brit. informal very fast. Main Entry: ↑knot …
5at a rate of knots Brit. — at a rate of knots Brit. informal very fast. → knot …
6rate of knots, at a (great) — Very quickly …
7at a rate of knots — adverb Quickly; rapidly; fast …
8rate — rate1 W1S1 [reıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(number)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(speed)¦ 4 at any rate 5 at this rate 6 first rate/second rate/third rate 7 at a rate of knots 8 rates ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; …
9rate — 1 /reIt/ noun (C) 1 SPEED the speed at which something happens over a period of time: Our money was running out at an alarming rate. | Children learn at different rates. (+ of): the rate of economic growth 2 AMOUNT the number of times something… …
10rate — I. /reɪt / (say rayt) noun 1. a certain quantity or amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another thing and used as a standard or measure: at the rate of 60 kilometres an hour. 2. a fixed charge per unit of quantity: a rate of… …
