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单词 on the spur
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on (also upon) the (†spurs or) spur
c. on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur (also †upon spur), at full speed, in or with the utmost haste, in literal or figurative use.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed
full speed1382
with topsailc1400
at spursa1500
on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525
amain1555
a main pace (also speed)1567
full tilt?a1600
upon full stretch1697
at full tilt1713
at (also on) full speed1749
(at) full split1836
full chisel1837
(at) full pelt1841
full swing1843
ventre à terre1848
full out1886
at full lick1889
hell-for-leather1889
all out1895
eyes out1895
flat out1932
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > in haste or in a hurry
in (also on) a resea1400
in haste?1569
on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1655
(all) in a rush1876
all of a whew1905
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1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. viii. 18 Whan we be in the feldes, lette vs ryde on the spurres to Gaunte.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 839/1 He was..reskewed by certen horsemen, whiche..came on the spurres..to the succour of theyr fellows.
(b)1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxviij Ryding vpon the spurre, [he] setteth vpon them quickely.1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 23 Lucius..returned and told him, that the enemie fled vpon the Spur.1655 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 30 The French Ambassadour seemes not to be all together uppon the spur to be gone.1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 3 By this time our Horses must be ready, and we lose time till we are on the Spur.1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. i. iii. 26 He is not presently upon the Spur, or in his full Carrier.1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) II. xlviii. 31 The servant rode away on the spur, to alarm the family at the mansion-house.1825 W. Scott Betrothed Concl., in Tales Crusaders II. 333 News are on the spur from the Garde Doloureuse.1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 19 And there, All wild to found an University For maidens, on the spur she fled.(c)1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xi. 49 Alexander.., following vpon spurre, had intelligence that [etc.].1643 O. Cromwell in Carlyle Lett. & Sp. (1861) IV. 252 Haste,—ride on spur.1643 O. Cromwell in Carlyle Lett. & Sp. (1861) IV. 253 Haste, haste, on spur.
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