Phrase info

mile a minute

Speech parts

1. mile a minute - Noun

2. mile a minute - Adjective

3. mile a minute - Adverb

4. mile a minute - Phrase

Meaning

mile a minute (plural miles a minute)

A rate of sixty miles per hour.

mile a minute

(informal) Very quickly.
He talks a mile a minute.

Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
Persicaria perfoliata; Polygonum perfoliatum; Asiatic tearthumb; kudzu of the North.

Kudzu; Pueraria lobata; Pueraria montana var. lobata

Ipomoea cairica, a species of morning glory

Mikania micrantha

Fallopia baldschuanica

Dipogon lignosus

mile-a-minute (not comparable)

At the rate of one mile per minute, 60 miles per hour.

mile-a-minute (not comparable)

Very fast
He was all excited after the game, talking a mile-a-minute about the last-second shot.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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mile-a-minute

Examples

My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult on every single level. I'm aware that I can be annoying. Sandra Bullock

I'm controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult on every single level. Sandra Bullock

I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you. Jonathan Winters

Talking a mile a minute. English Proverb

A caveat: while mile-a-minute vine received the presitigious Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horitcultural Society, in the United States it’s considered invasive. Source: Internet

They grow a mile-a-minute and cover the entire yards, trying relentlessly to enter mine and deposit their melons there. Source: Internet

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