noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ nautical
▪ square
VERB + MILE
▪ cover , cycle ( BrE ), do , drive , fly , go , hike , ride , run , swim , travel , trudge , walk
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Good runners can cover the three ~s in just over 15 minutes.
▪ clock ( esp. AmE ), clock up , log
▪
Altogether on the trip we clocked up over 1 800 ~s.
▪ span , stretch
▪
The country's Red Sea coast stretches some 500 ~s.
PHRASES
▪ ~s an hour , ~s per hour
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The police stopped them doing 100 ~s per hour.
▪ a ~ a minute (= very fast) ( esp. AmE )
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She was talking a ~ a minute.
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His thoughts were racing a ~ a minute.
▪ go the extra ~
▪
a willingness to go the extra ~ ( = make an extra effort ) to make a project work