go great guns

Definitions

1. 1

   To perform particularly well

   To perform particularly well; to be particularly successful.

   • The game between Hargate and Lord Dreever was still in progress when Jimmy returned to the billiard-room. . . . "Hargate's been going great guns. I was eleven ahead a moment ago, but he made a break of twelve."
   • I gave him my putter earlier this year in Oklahoma City. He was having trouble on the greens and I said, ‘Here, try this.’ He did, and he’s been going great guns ever since.
   • The film is bound to go great guns on video and fans of the early Travolta movies like Saturday Night Fever and Grease should be first in the queue.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, great guns. (To move or proceed very quickly or energetically.)

   • Sam Fuller and the crew of New York Clipper continue to go great guns and retain a comfortable lead as they approach the south eastern tip of Cuba.

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