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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of "speed through"

Hi,

would you rephrase the part I underlined in the sentence below?

Toad's powerful DB specific capabilities enable you to speed through performance and administration tasks with increased accuracy.

Thank you,

M
  

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Speed through sounds great in this sentence. Similar descriptions can be: blow through(less formal), accelerate through, quickly complete/finish(sounds less powerful).

— Holyduke

  • Speed through sounds great in this sentence.
  • Similar descriptions can be: blow through(less formal), accelerate through, quickly complete/finish(sounds less powerful).
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Speed through sounds great in this sentence.

Similar descriptions can be:

blow through(less formal),

accelerate through,

quickly complete/finish(sounds less powerful).
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mitsuwao23speed through performance and administration tasks
complete the tasks associated with performance and administration very quickly.

(Presumably, these are the performance of the computer system and the administration of the computer system.)

CJ
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Thank you, guys. I didn't realize that "speed" can imply "finishing" Emotion: zip it!

Thank you!
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speed does not mean finish

speed through means finish/complete quickly

so speed is closer to the meaning of quickly

through means finish/complete
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mitsuwao23I didn't realize that "speed" can imply "finishing"
As holyduke says, it's not "speed" that connotes finishing; it's "through" that gives that meaning.

Let's try to get though this project by June. = Let's try to finish/complete this project by June.

-- Can I borrow this book?
-- No. I'm not th
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Wooow. Thank you, guys, that's exactly what I needed to know.
M
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Try using 'expedite'.
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