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moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed
- the witness stayed unruffled all through the prosecutor's rapid-fire questioning
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- at speed
- [chiefly British]
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“Rapid-fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapid-fire. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of rapid-fire was in 1890
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