going great guns
Making rapid progress
Going great guns means progressing rapidly and successfully, performing at full capacity with enthusiasm and energy.
The phrase suggests the sustained, powerful firing of artillery—relentless forward momentum: The project was going great guns until the funding fell through.
After a slow start, the team is going great guns now.
- full tiltAt maximum velocity
- at full throttleAt maximum power
- all outComplete and unreserved
- full blastMaximum power or volume
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
on a roll · in the zone · vigor · prosperity · accomplishment · winning · hitting the ground running · firing on all cylinders · mastery · flourishing · breakthrough · victory · making waves · making strides · in full swing · excellence · full steam ahead · momentum
going great gunsstalling
Intentional delay tactics
struggling · at a standstill · grinding to a halt · going nowhere · stuck in a rut
going great gunsbombing
Attack with explosives
tanking · crashing and burning · flopping · falling flat · underperforming
goes, gone, going, goers, great, greater, greatest, greatly, greatness