Idioms

beat a mile a minute

beat a mile a minute

Of one's heart, to beat very rapidly. She showed me the proof of my crime, and my heart started beating a mile a minute. The poor child was so frightened. I could feel her heart beating a mile a minute as I held her in my arms. My heart beat a mile a minute the first time I saw Ashley, and it still beats a mile a minute around her now that we're married.
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