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English
Prepositional phrase
upon one's speed
- (obsolete) At speed; moving rapidly.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
- In case any one, riding a horse that was upon his speed, should let a bowl drop out of his hand, that bowl being fallen to the ground would continue its motion and follow the horses steps, without tarrying behind him.
1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, That Part Especially Now Call'd England:Riding on the speed down a steep Hill.
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