quick-fire

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quick-fire (comparative more quick-fire, superlative most quick-fire)

  1. (idiomatic) Having one thing coming rapidly after another.
    The politician was unnerved by the journalist's quick-fire questioning.
    • 2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC:
      But the mood changed completely after Arsenal's quick-fire double and Ipswich, supported by 9,000 away supporters, could not force their way back into the tie.