Word Finder - speeding

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To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.

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To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.

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God speed, until we meet again.

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To go fast.

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The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

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To exceed the speed limit.

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Why do you speed when the road is so icy?

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To increase the rate at which something occurs.

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To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.

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To be expedient.

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To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.

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To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.

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To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.

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To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

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(Instance of) acceleration.

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Driving faster than the legal speed limit.

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He was fined $100 for speeding.

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Travelling very fast; moving at speed.

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Specifically, travelling at an illegal speed (of vehicles, motorists).

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We were overtaken on the inside by a speeding motorcyclist.

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Under the influence of the drug speed; high on amphetamines.

Did you want me to fix your speeding ticket?

Just before the accident, I heard a siren and then saw a white car speeding down the mountain.

She fled around him and into the car, locking the doors and speeding away from the cottage.

How surprised must the fishes be to see this ungainly visitor from another sphere speeding his way amid their schools!

She was getting a little dehydrated, so they were speeding up the IV.

He let the wagon pull ahead and crossed behind it, speeding up to reach the seat from the other side.

The next stop on his list was visiting Ms. Lydia Larkin, deputy sheriff, whose presentation of a speeding ticket and general attitude still pissed him off, just remembering it.

Speeding on our highways— Mr. Dean knows about that first-hand—my competent deputy arrested him for doing just that a few days ago.

Just as they had reversed their direction, Edith Shipton passed them, driving down the mountain, not speeding but too fast by Dean's conservative standards.

Unless his body floats in with a bullet hole in the head or he gets pinched for speeding in Vegas, it's going down as an accident in my report.

Now that he knew the story he was as cold and precise as if he were giving out a speeding ticket to an out-of-state Caddy.

Further progress was also being made on speeding up youth justice.

They could not see the speeding horse, but they heard the clatter of its hoofs far down the road, and they understood the cry, "Up! up! and defend yourselves!"

In the north helmets are required and speeding is less tolerated.

The sky began to dim, and she played with the magic, adrenaline speeding the power's flow through her.

Dean explained how she'd stopped him for speeding.

Cynthia was still sleeping when a speeding Ford Explorer passed them and Dean caught sight of Donald Ryland, with his son Donnie sitting beside him.

As Dean rounded a curve, he caught sight of the tail end of a white vehicle speeding down the cliff-hanging road on the far side of the deep valley—a sheriff's white Blazer was his first impression.

She was a different person, different from the Lydia Larkin who'd busted him for speeding and far different from the frightened girl who reluctantly descended to the wreck.

Speeding on our highways— Mr. Dean knows about that first-hand—my competent deputy arrested him for doing just that a few days ago.

He had thought her younger than forty when they first locked horns over the speeding ticket, but he was admittedly inept at guessing women's ages—or guessing practically anything about the fairer sex.

Even several hours into the morning, he could not shake the fire speeding his blood

Up to 2012, there had been 4.2 million speeding convictionsin total, of which 2.2 million occurred in 2011.

Many were using mobile phones, not wearing seat belts, or speeding.

Going on Holiday and want to get a message back home faster than a speeding bullet!

He agreed and two weeks ago discovered the joys of speeding humps, raised slabs, potholes and overgrown bushes.

He believes that we mimic what we see and become chameleons, ever changing in the speeding media we call the world.

Speeding motorists in the North East are facing a tough crackdown as part of a new campaign aimed at driving them off our roads.

Police are set to launch a major crackdown on speeding pedal cyclists.

Seen from a speeding luxury cruiser, Mallorca looked enticing.

The chart shows drink driving and drug driving less a concern than speeding and reckless driving.

He then had the audacity to claim he's not fixated by speeding!

Speeding up the pace makes the task even harder because skin friction rises with increased velocity.

And this objection attributes to speeding all the benefits of experience, which seems rather ill-advised.

It's this sort of cavalier attitude that needs addressing, not inadvertent speeding.

Two sets were hired in GNER black and the reserve set, shown here speeding past Colton, retained standard Eurostar livery.

Got my first speeding ticket on this - doing 45mph overtaking a dustbin lorry on a dual carriageway in Cleveleys.

In March 2004, on her way to work, she was knocked off her bicycle by a speeding motorist.

Speeding up the healing of wounds is likely to reduce complications such as infections and tissue necrosis.

As it was speeding up, the tall dorsal fin of a male orca could be seen right next to it.

And this process of increased self-awareness is speeding things up, so to speak.

Drivers caught speeding could have their license endorsed to be valid only for driving vehicles with an ISA installed.

These casualty reductions are the result of reducing speeding by 70% at camera sites.

Many drivers are seen taking chances, including speeding, overtaking etc⦠which under these conditions is nothing short of sheer lunacy.

Safety cameras are a highly effective method of tackling excess speeding.

Shortly after the election, Home Secretary David Blunkett appeared to suggest that speeding was not an important issue for the police to tackle.

Residents of Tenbury Drive expressed concern regarding speeding on the estate and consequent risk to pedestrians and children.

I WOULD like to add my comments on the mounting concern by fellow drivers of ever-increasing excessive speeding in this country.

Better slow up. ' 'You're not speeding are you?

Unfortunatly, some drivers got a little too eager, resulting in 2 pit lane speeding penalties being handed out.