ripping along
Going very quickly
Ripping along means moving at high speed or making rapid progress.
A car rips along a highway; a project rips along ahead of schedule.
The phrase suggests energetic, unimpeded momentum: The boat was ripping along at twenty knots.
Once we solved the budget issue, the whole plan started ripping along.
- zoomingFast movement or magnification
- pedal to the metalMaximum automotive acceleration
- surgingRising with sudden force
- blazingBurning very brightly
- dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
racing · burning rubber · dashing · hurtling · at breakneck speed · crackling · charging · whizzing · hauling ass · electrifying · flying by · bolting · roaring · sprinting · hitting the gas · full steam ahead · galloping · bustling
progress or momentum
ripping alongstalled
Stopped unexpectedly
at a standstill · stuck · bogged down · grinding to a halt · going nowhere
ripping, ripped, ripper, along, long, longer, longest, lengthen, longish