going/getting nowhere fast
idiom
informal
: failing to make progress or to produce a desired result
The plan for a new stadium is going nowhere fast.
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The Hawks, going nowhere fast at 23-28, add some major draft equity for their former No. 4 overall pick.
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Doug Pederson’s squad is going nowhere fast this season.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Indeed, without its billions of dollars in U.S. government contracts, SpaceX would be going nowhere fast, even in Earth orbit.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
The Italian bob is going nowhere fast, says Younes Khassal, director for Taylor Taylor London at Liberty London.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 19 Apr. 2024
In the fall of 2010, the Niners were a 6-10 mess with Smith, a first-round bust at QB, going nowhere fast.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2024
Joseph Fiennes stars as the Bard, a strapping poet and writer whose newest play Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter is going nowhere fast — much to the dismay of Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush) who owns the playhouse where the show is set to be performed.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
On the surface that might sound like a player Chicago should have interest in keeping around - and reports indicate that's exactly the case - but the Bulls are going nowhere fast, and the time for a rebuild arrived a while ago.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Poor gearing can leave your little one pedaling furiously, but going nowhere fast, or struggling hard to move the pedals at all while going uphill.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Aug. 2023
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Doug Pederson’s squad is going nowhere fast this season.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Indeed, without its billions of dollars in U.S. government contracts, SpaceX would be going nowhere fast, even in Earth orbit.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
The Italian bob is going nowhere fast, says Younes Khassal, director for Taylor Taylor London at Liberty London.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 19 Apr. 2024
In the fall of 2010, the Niners were a 6-10 mess with Smith, a first-round bust at QB, going nowhere fast.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2024
Joseph Fiennes stars as the Bard, a strapping poet and writer whose newest play Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter is going nowhere fast — much to the dismay of Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush) who owns the playhouse where the show is set to be performed.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
On the surface that might sound like a player Chicago should have interest in keeping around - and reports indicate that's exactly the case - but the Bulls are going nowhere fast, and the time for a rebuild arrived a while ago.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Poor gearing can leave your little one pedaling furiously, but going nowhere fast, or struggling hard to move the pedals at all while going uphill.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Aug. 2023
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“Going/getting nowhere fast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/going%2Fgetting%20nowhere%20fast. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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