fast and furious
idiom
: in a very fast and forceful way : with one thing following another very quickly
—used both as an adjective and as an adverb
The action was fast and furious.
The questions were coming at me fast and furious.
The jokes were flying fast and furious.
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But following the death of D’Angelo, the water works came fast and furious; five days in a row, to be exact.
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Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Things move fast and furious with little room to take a breather to soak in one thing before being forced to move onto the next.
—Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
In the days before the Paramount-Skydance merger closed, headlines as to who was staying and who was going were flying fast and furious.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
Contenders are rolling into theaters fast and furious from Sentimental Value with Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve, to Russell Crowe as Herman Göring (Nuremberg), Sydney Sweeney as boxing legend Christy Martin (Christy) and Jennifer Lawrence on the brink of madness in Die My Love.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Things move fast and furious with little room to take a breather to soak in one thing before being forced to move onto the next.
—Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
In the days before the Paramount-Skydance merger closed, headlines as to who was staying and who was going were flying fast and furious.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
Contenders are rolling into theaters fast and furious from Sentimental Value with Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve, to Russell Crowe as Herman Göring (Nuremberg), Sydney Sweeney as boxing legend Christy Martin (Christy) and Jennifer Lawrence on the brink of madness in Die My Love.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Fast and furious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast%20and%20furious. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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