talk a mile a minute

verb

To speak quickly or excessively.

“They spent the whole visit talking a mile a minute, and then went home and phoned each other!”

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Meanings

verbtalk a mile a minute (third-person singular simple present talks a mile a minute, present participle talking a mile a minute, simple past and past participle talked a mile a minute)

present singular third person talks a mile a minute · participle present talking a mile a minute · participle past talked a mile a minute · past talked a mile a minute

  1. idiomaticinformalTo speak quickly or excessively.

    They spent the whole visit talking a mile a minute, and then went home and phoned each other!

    1 more example

    He talks a mile a minute in wildly over-egged adjectives and mainly looks after the business side of BrewDog: money, marketing, strategy.

    2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Translations

Portuguese falar a mil à hora
  • falar a mil à horato talk really fast
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