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quick time

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quick time
n.
A military marching pace of 120 steps per minute.
quick time
n
(Military) Military the normal marching rate of 120 paces to the minute Compare double time [3] [4]
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Noun1.quick time - a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute
gait, pace - the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
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Ten thousand pairs of eyes are fixed upon him with an intensity that he can hardly fail to feel; ten thousand hearts keep quick time to the inaudible hoof-beats of his snowy steed.
A Son of the Gods by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
D'Artagnan turned upon his heel, insolently enough, and finding himself face to face with Colbert, after his first turn, he bowed to him as a harlequin would have done; then, after a second evolution, he directed his steps towards the door in quick time.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Meanwhile the dog in disgrace ground hard at the organ, sometimes in quick time, sometimes in slow, but never leaving off for an instant.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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