bound ahead

verb

To gather momentum; to increase quickly; to increase concerningly quickly.

“The stock price has been bounding ahead all year.”

Meanings

verbbound ahead (third-person singular simple present bounds ahead, present participle bounding ahead, simple past and past participle bounded ahead)

present singular third person bounds ahead · participle present bounding ahead · participle past bounded ahead · past bounded ahead

  1. intransitiveTo gather momentum; to increase quickly; to increase concerningly quickly.

    The stock price has been bounding ahead all year.

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