get nowhere fast
To make little or slow progress. All right, we're getting nowhere fast. After two hours, we still haven't even been able to come up with a name for our product! It appears that talks between Democrats and Republicans on a compromised spending bill are getting nowhere fast. I knew we would get nowhere fast as soon as I pulled onto the highway and saw how backed-up traffic was.
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get nowhere fast
Fig. not to make progress; to get nowhere. I can't seem to make any progress. No matter what I do, I'm just getting nowhere fast. Come on. Speed up this car. We're getting nowhere fast.
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get nowhere fast
in. to make very poor progress. We are getting nowhere fast around here.
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