Definition
fast: quick, rapid, speedy
to fast: to stop eating for a period of time (usually for religious reasons)
(to break) the fast: (to stop, to end) the abstinence from food
The term breakfast is made up of the words "break" and "fast". The term literally refers to "breaking" or ending a "fast" (a period in which nothing is eaten).
- "I'm gonna sing her a fast and furious song!"
- "They move fast now, don't they?"
- "Crowd : Faster!"
- "it's faster."
- "She's the fastest woman in the West!"
- "Sydney : Crikey, she's not that fast is she?"
- "Name: JOAN WAYNE AKA "THE
FASTESTDEADEST WOMAN IN THE WEST "" - "Another claim Smithson makes is that stress can be a good thing for pregnant women and their babies, citing "faster nerve transmission and perhaps even a greater brain development" in babies whose mothers had been subjected to moderate stress in mid-to-late pregnancy."
- "The fastest woman in the Wild West, and I reckon I should show this horse what happens when horses cheat at cards."
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